Roadwise States Kentucky Driving lessons Rules for bicyclists & e-scooters Kentucky driving lesson · Sharing the Road
Rules for bicyclists & e-scooters A 3-minute lesson from the Kentucky course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Read time 3 minutes
Course unit Sharing the Road
Checkpoint questions 6
Source pages 66, 67 Knowing the rules that cyclists and scooter riders must follow helps you predict what they'll do—and keeps you legal when you ride one yourself.
Bicyclists must: Never ride on interstates or parkways Use hand signals to show their actions Obey traffic signals and signs—stop at stop signs and lights like a car Ride within posted limits or at a speed reasonable for conditions Ride on the right side of the road, with traffic Yield to pedestrians; give an audible warning (bell or horn) before passing them At night, use a white front light and a red rear reflector or light Keep as close as practical to the right edge, like all slower vehicles Handbook p. 66 ↗ Bicyclists also must: Not ride on the sidewalk Not park a bike on a sidewalk where it blocks pedestrians Use a bike path next to the road if one is provided Carry no more people than the bike is designed and equipped for Never ride more than two abreast in a way that blocks normal traffic Handbook p. 67 ↗ Know the rule
Riders should use extreme caution when moving toward the center of the road to avoid debris, pass another vehicle or turn left.
Handbook p. 66 ↗ Electric low-speed scooter A device under 100 pounds with wheels, handlebars and a brake, stood or sat on and powered by an electric motor, human power or both, designed for a top speed of 20 mph on paved level ground.
Handbook p. 67 ↗ 20 mph Maximum design speed of an electric low-speed scooter on a paved level surface
Handbook p. 67 ↗ E-scooter rules: Riders must be 16 or older to use a highway, bike lane or bike path Scooters follow bicycle traffic rules—and drivers use the same caution around them At least one headlamp and one red rear light, lit ½ hour after sunset to ½ hour before sunrise Lights are also required at other times of low visibility May be parked on a sidewalk if it doesn't block pedestrians or other traffic Riders must follow all local government ordinances Handbook p. 67 ↗ Put it into practice
Your 15-year-old neighbor wants to ride her new electric scooter in the bike lane to school. She can't yet: e-scooter operators must be 16 or older to ride on a highway, bike lane or bike path.
Check your understanding Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
An electric low-speed scooter operator must be at least how old? 12 years old 18 years old 16 years old 14 years old Answer: 16 years old
A person must be at least sixteen years old to operate an electric low-speed scooter on a highway or bike path/lane.
Handbook p. 67 ↗ An electric low-speed scooter is defined as a device with a maximum speed of: 20 mph on a paved level surface 30 mph on a paved level surface 10 mph on a paved level surface 15 mph on a paved level surface Answer: 20 mph on a paved level surface
Electric low-speed scooters are designed to operate at a maximum speed of twenty miles per hour on a level paved surface.
Handbook p. 67 ↗ Bicyclists are prohibited from riding on: Roads without bike lanes Two-lane rural roads Interstates and parkways Roads with posted speed limits under 35 mph Answer: Interstates and parkways
Bicyclists must never ride on interstates and parkways.
Handbook p. 66 ↗ Bicyclists are required to ride: In the direction of traffic Facing oncoming traffic for visibility In either direction, at the rider's choice Only on sidewalks Answer: In the direction of traffic
Rules for bicyclists require riding on the right side of the road, in the direction of traffic.
Handbook p. 66 ↗ Slower-moving vehicles, including bicycles, are required to drive: As closely as practical to the right-hand boundary of the highway In the leftmost lane for visibility In the center of the lane at all times Wherever traffic is lightest Answer: As closely as practical to the right-hand boundary of the highway
All slower-moving vehicles, including bicycles, must drive as closely as practical to the right-hand boundary.
Handbook p. 66 ↗ Bicyclists may never ride more than how many abreast, so as not to interfere with normal traffic movement? Two abreast Four abreast One at a time only Three abreast Answer: Two abreast
Bicyclists must never ride more than two abreast so as not to interfere with normal traffic movement.
Handbook p. 67 ↗ Previous lesson Sharing the road with bicyclists Next lesson Motorcyclists About the source Roadwise’s Kentucky course uses the driver handbook edition supplied with this study pack. This lesson cites source pages 66, 67. The linked PDF is a third-party mirror of the handbook, rather than a government-hosted page.
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