Walk It Through: Two Wheels In Town
A bicycle at a stop sign, an e-bike on the path, a teenager on a motorcycle, and a crosswalk.
A cyclist rolls up to a stop sign at an empty intersection.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Four trips around town. Bicycle lights at night, e-bike classes on particular trails, adult motorcyclists and a collision's civil fault are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Electric assisted bicycleA bicycle with working pedals and a motor of less than seven hundred fifty watts, in one of three classes. No driver's license, registration, plate or insurance is required.
- Stop sign as a yieldThe rule that a cyclist at a stop sign slows, stops if safety requires, yields, and then may cautiously go through without stopping; at a red light, the cyclist stops and yields first.
- CitationThe written notice issued to a driver halted for a misdemeanor traffic violation who is not taken before a magistrate.
- MinorA person under eighteen years of age. A minor who has been married may enter contracts and sue on them.
- Violation pointA point assessed for each moving traffic violation, one for a less serious violation and up to four for a more serious one. Twelve or more in any twelve consecutive months allows a suspension.
- Certificate of titleThe document without which a person who acquires a vehicle acquires no right, title or interest in it. A new owner who presents it for transfer more than thirty days after the sale pays a $20 penalty.