Section
Bicycles
73.01 Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles
73.02 Riding on bicycles
73.03 Clinging to vehicles
73.04 Riding on roadways and bicycle paths
73.05 Carrying articles
73.06 Lamps and other equipment on bicycles
73.07 Lamps on mopeds
73.08 Riding on mopeds
73.09 Riding on sidewalks prohibited
73.10 Low-speed electric scooters
Motorcycles
73.20 Riding on motorcycles
73.21 Special equipment for persons riding motorcycles
73.22 Required equipment on motorcycles
73.23 Operating motorcycle on one wheel
BICYCLES
Every person riding a bicycle upon a highway shall be granted all of the rights, including, but not limited to, rights under §§ 71.060 through 71.066, 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) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) A person propelling a bicycle shall not ride other than upon or astride a permanent and regular seat attached thereto.
(B) No bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped, except that an adult rider may carry a child securely attached to his person in a back pack or sling.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-1503) Penalty, see § 70.99
No person riding upon any bicycle, coaster, roller skates, sled, or toy vehicle shall attach the same or himself to any vehicle upon a roadway.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-1504) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) Any person operating a bicycle or motorized pedalcycle upon a roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall ride as close as practicable and safe to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway except under the following situations:
(1) When overtaking and passing another bicycle, motorized pedalcycle, or vehicle proceeding in the same direction; or
(2) When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway; or
(3) When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions including, but not limited to, fixed or moving objects, parked or moving vehicles, bicycles, motorized pedalcycles, pedestrians, animals, surface hazards, or substandard width lanes that make it unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or edge. For purposes of this subsection, a “substandard width lane” means a lane that is too narrow for a bicycle or motorized pedalcycle and a vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane; or
(4) When approaching a place where a right turn is authorized.
(B) Any person operating a bicycle or motorized pedalcycle upon a one-way highway with two or more marked traffic lanes may ride as near the left-hand curb or edge of the roadway as practicable.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-1505)
(C) Persons riding bicycles or motorized pedalcycles upon a roadway shall not ride more than two abreast, except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for their exclusive use. Persons riding two abreast shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and, on a laned roadway, shall ride within a single lane subject to the provisions of divisions (A) and (B) above.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-1505.1) Penalty, see § 70.99
No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle, or article which prevents the use of both hands in the control and operation of the bicycle. A person operating a bicycle shall keep at least one hand on the handlebars at all times.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-1506) Penalty, see § 70.99
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