{"data":{"id":"us-mt/61-8-608","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"61-8-608","heading":"Bicycles, mopeds, or motorized scooters on sidewalks and bike lanes.","body":"(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3)(b), a person operating a bicycle, moped, or motorized scooter on and along a sidewalk or across a roadway on and along a crosswalk shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible signal before overtaking and passing any pedestrian.\n(2) A person may not ride a bicycle, moped, or motorized scooter on and along a sidewalk or across a roadway on and along a crosswalk where the use of a bicycle, moped, or motorized scooter is prohibited by official traffic control devices.\n(3) (a) Except as provided in subsections (1) and (2), a person operating a vehicle by human power on and along a sidewalk or across a roadway on and along a crosswalk has all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances.\n(b) A moped or motorized scooter may be operated on and along a sidewalk or a bicycle path only under human propulsion and may not be operated on or along a sidewalk or bicycle path if the moped or motorized scooter is under power from an independent power source.\n(c) A moped or motorized scooter may be operated under human propulsion or an independent power source on a highway, in a designated bicycle lane on a highway, or on the shoulder of a highway.","path":["TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 8. TRAFFIC REGULATION","Part 6. Bicycle, Moped, and Motorized Scooter Traffic"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0610/chapter_0080/part_0060/section_0080/0610-0080-0060-0080.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:57:56Z","sha256":"0892a2ac80f297c3468e59be7176f4435bbb3e7370950ff7776cb0009310a2bd","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/61-8-607","next":"us-mt/61-8-609"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}