CODE OF VIRGINIA

RIDING BICYCLES, ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICES, ELECTRIC
POWER-ASSISTED BICYCLES, AND MOPEDS ON ROADWAYS AND BICYCLE PATHS (§ 46.2-905)

Any person operating a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device,
electric power-assisted bicycle, or moped on a roadway at less than the normal
speed of traffic at the time and place under conditions then existing shall ride
as close as safely practicable to the right curb or edge of the roadway, except
under any of the following circumstances:

   1.  When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same
   direction;

   2.  When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road
   or driveway;

   3.  When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions including, but not limited
   to, fixed or moving objects, parked or moving vehicles, pedestrians, animals,
   surface hazards, or substandard width lanes that make it unsafe to continue
   along the right curb or edge;

   4.  When avoiding riding in a lane that must turn or diverge to the right; and

   5.  When riding upon a one-way road or highway, a person may also ride as near
   the left-hand curb or edge of such roadway as safely practicable.

For purposes of this section, a “substandard width lane” is a lane
too narrow for a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric
power-assisted bicycle, motorized skateboard or foot-scooter, or moped and
another vehicle to pass safely side by side within the lane.Persons riding
bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, or electric
power-assisted bicycles on a highway shall not ride more than two abreast.
Persons riding two abreast shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement
of traffic, shall move into a single file formation as quickly as is practicable
when being overtaken from the rear by a faster moving vehicle, and, on a laned
roadway, shall ride in a single lane.Notwithstanding any other provision of law
to the contrary, the Department of Conservation and Recreation shall permit the
operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices on any bicycle path or
trail designated by the Department for such use.

HISTORY: 1974, c. 347, § 46.1-229.1; 1980, c. 130; 1981, c. 585; 1989, c. 727;
2001, c. 834; 2002, c. 254; 2003, cc. 29, 46; 2004, cc. 947, 973; 2006, cc. 529,
538; 2007, cc. 209, 366; 2013, c. 783.