§ 1115 - -Operating motorcycles and mopeds on roadways laned for traffic - Vermont Statutes

§ 1115. -Operating motorcycles and mopeds on roadways laned for traffic

(a) All motorcycles or mopeds are entitled to full use of a lane and no motor vehicle shall be driven in such a manner as to deprive any motorcycle or moped of the full use of a lane.

(b) The operator of a motorcycle or moped shall not overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken.

(c) No person shall operate a motorcycle or moped between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.

(d) No motorcycle or moped may be operated in the same lane with, and along side of or closer than ten feet ahead of, or ten feet behind another motorcycle, moped, or other motor vehicle.

(e) Subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall not apply to police officers in the performance of their official duties. (Added 1971, No. 258 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 1, 1973; amended 1977, No. 20, § 3.)