Vehicle Code section 21650.1

A bicycle operated on a roadway, or the shoulder of a highway, shall be operated in the same direction as vehicles are required to be driven upon the roadway.

Source: Section 21650.1, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=21650.1. (updated Jan. 1, 1988; accessed Nov. 2, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/vehicle_code_section_21650.1

Original Source: Section 21650.1, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=21650.1. (last accessed May 12, 2025).