![]() ![]() Bicyclists may not use parkways or limited state access highways unless on a bike path.Ĭonnecticut’s DUI statute does apply to bicyclists as bicycles are defined as vehicles.Bicyclists are required to ride with at least one hand on the handlebars at all times.Bicyclists may not ride into oncoming traffic.A bicycle may not carry more than the number of persons for which it is designed.Clinging to motor vehicles while bicycling is not permitted.Every bicycle must have brakes which enable the bicyclist to stop within 25 feet at a speed of 10 miles per hour on dry, level, clean pavement.At night, a bicycle must be equipped with a front white light visible from 500 feet away, a rear red reflector visible from 600 feet away, and reflective material on both sides of the bike visible from 600 feet.Bicyclists under the age of 15 are required to wear a properly fastened helmet.Motor vehicle drivers are required to pass bicyclists to the left at a safe distance of not less than three (3) feet. Bicyclists must signal when turning or coming to a stop.īicyclists on roadways must exercise due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction.Bicyclists are required to slow down and come to a complete stop at stop signs and traffic devices signaling red.Bicyclists may ride no more than two abreast as long as it does not impede the normal flow of traffic.Check local ordinances for variations on this rule. Bicycles are allowed to operate on sidewalks and crosswalks when they yield to the right-of-way of any pedestrian and give an audible signal when passing a pedestrian. ![]() Bicyclists may, but are not required to, use bike lanes but bicycles cannot use parkways or other limited access state highways unless there are paths specifically provided for bicycles.Full lane use is allowed when traveling at the normal speed of traffic or there is no traffic, preparing for a turn, overtaking and passing, avoiding hazards or unsafe conditions, traveling in a lane too narrow to share, and avoiding a mandatory turn lane.Bicyclists are required to ride as close to the right side of the roadway as practicable when traveling at less than the normal speed of traffic.Right to the Roadīicycles are defined as vehicles and generally have the same rights and responsibilities as motor vehicle drivers. Feel free to reach out to Bike Law’s National Director Rachael Maney for further information. ![]() To see them in their completion, please visit Connecticut’s Department of Transportation. This is a general overview of Connecticut’s bicycle laws. It is especially important after a bicycle accident (we call them bicycle “crashes” and explain why here). Same half/approaching from opposite side of the roadway – Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and West Virginia.It’s important to know your legal rights (and duties) when bicycling in Connecticut.In any portion of the roadway – Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Main, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey (in unmarked crosswalks), New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin and Wyoming.Upon the same half of the roadway/approaching from the other side to constitute danger – Hawaii and Illinois.Upon roadway/within one lane the vehicle is travel – D.C., Georgia, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey (only in marked crosswalks), Oregon and Washington.In any portion of the roadway – Minnesota.So to help you out, here’s what you need to know for each of the 50 states and D.C. If you’re visiting another state, don’t assume the pedestrian law is the same to what you’re used to. For more complete pedestrian laws in each state, click here. The differences go on and on, but you get the idea. require a motorist to stop when a pedestrian is upon the same half of the roadway or within one lane of the lane that the motorist is traveling upon. Minnesota mandates that a motorist stop when a pedestrian is in any portion of the roadway. To further drive home the point that pedestrian laws vary – of the 50 states, nine states and the District of Columbia require motorists to stop when approaching a pedestrian in an uncontrolled crosswalk. There’s laws that require a motorist to yield, some that specify that drivers stop and then there’s differences between a controlled (typically “marked”) crosswalk and uncontrolled crosswalk, (oftentimes “unmarked.”) ![]() Not all pedestrian laws are created equal. ![]()
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