Every person riding a bicycle upon a highway shall be granted all of the rights, and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this traffic code, except as to special regulations in this traffic code, and except as to those provisions of this traffic code which by their nature can have no application.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-1502) (`95 Code, § 73.01) Penalty, see § 70.99