California Vehicle Code ARTICLE 4 - Operation of Bicycles

• Section 21200.
  (a) A person riding a bicycle or operating a pedicab upon a highway has all the rights and is subject to all the provisions applicable to...
• Section 21200.5.
  Notwithstanding Section 21200, it is unlawful for any person to ride a bicycle upon a highway while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or...
• Section 21201.
  (a) No person shall operate a bicycle on a roadway unless it is equipped with a brake that will enable the operator to make one braked...
• Section 21201.3.
  (a) A bicycle or motorized bicycle used by a peace officer, as defined in Section 830.1 of, subdivision (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or...
• Section 21201.5.
  (a) No person shall sell, or offer for sale, a reflex reflector or reflectorized tire of a type required on a bicycle unless it meets requirements...
• Section 21202.
  (a) Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at that...
• Section 21203.
  No person riding upon any motorcycle, motorized bicycle, bicycle, coaster, roller skates, sled, or toy vehicle shall attach the same or himself to any streetcar...
• Section 21204.
  (a)  A person operating a bicycle upon a highway shall not ride other than upon or astride a permanent and regular seat attached thereto, unless...
• Section 21205.
  No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle or article which prevents the operator from keeping at least one hand upon the handlebars.(Added...
• Section 21206.
  This chapter does not prevent local authorities, by ordinance, from regulating the registration of bicycles and the parking and operation of bicycles on pedestrian or...
• Section 21207.
  (a) This chapter does not prohibit local authorities from establishing, by ordinance or resolution, bicycle lanes separated from any vehicular lanes upon highways, other than state...
• Section 21207.5.
  (a) Notwithstanding Sections 21207 and 23127 of this code, or any other law, a motorized bicycle or class 3 electric bicycle shall not be operated on...
• Section 21208.
  (a) Whenever a bicycle lane has been established on a roadway pursuant to Section 21207, any person operating a bicycle upon the roadway at a speed...
• Section 21209.
  (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle in a bicycle lane established on a roadway pursuant to Section 21207 except as follows:(1) To park where parking...
• Section 21210.
  No person shall leave a bicycle lying on its side on any sidewalk, or shall park a bicycle on a sidewalk in any other position,...
• Section 21211.
  (a) No person may stop, stand, sit, or loiter upon any class I bikeway, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 890.4 of the Streets and...
• Section 21212.
  (a) A person under 18 years of age shall not operate a bicycle, a nonmotorized scooter, or a skateboard, nor shall they wear in-line or roller...
• Section 21213.
  (a) A person under 16 years of age shall not operate a class 3 electric bicycle.(b) A person shall not operate a class 3 electric bicycle, or...

Last modified: October 22, 2018