On a Bicycle

A person riding a bicycle on a roadway has all the rights and duties of the driver of a vehicle, except for the special rules for bicycles and the rules that by their nature cannot apply. Riders do not ride more than two abreast, except on paths or parts of the road set aside for bicycles.

• §IC 9-21-11-2StatuteRoadways; rights and dutiesOpens iga.in.gov ↗
• §IC 9-21-11-6StatuteLane use restrictions; riding two abreastOpens iga.in.gov ↗

From half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise, a bicycle on a highway carries a front lamp with a white light visible at least 500 feet ahead, and a rear red light or red reflector visible 500 feet behind.

• §IC 9-21-11-9StatuteLamps and reflectorsOpens iga.in.gov ↗

• A driver overtaking a bicycle or electric bicycle allows at least three feet of clearance, and does not return to the original lane until safely clear of it.
• A driver may pass a bicycle going the same way in a no passing zone when it is safe, keeping to those rules.

• §IC 9-21-8-5StatuteOvertaking and passing; limitations; exceptionsOpens iga.in.gov ↗

An electric foot scooter has a bicycle's rights and duties, the same lighting after dark and a brake, may be ridden where a bicycle may unless a local rule says otherwise, may be parked on a sidewalk without impeding people, and may not be ridden on an interstate.

• §IC 9-21-11-13.6StatuteElectric foot scooter; rights and duties; operation; equipment; parkingOpens iga.in.gov ↗