{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-5-3425","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-3425","heading":"Bicycle lanes.","body":"(A) For purposes of this section, \"bicycle lane\" means a portion of the roadway or a paved lane separated from the roadway that has been designated by striping, pavement markings, and signage for the preferential or exclusive use of bicyclists.\n(B) Whenever a bicycle lane has been provided adjacent to a roadway, operators of:\n(1) motor vehicles may not block the bicycle lane to oncoming bicycle traffic and shall yield to a bicyclist in the bicycle lane before entering or crossing the lane; and\n(2) bicycles are required to ride in the bicycle lane except when necessary to pass another person riding a bicycle or to avoid an obstruction in the bicycle lane. However, bicyclists may ride on the roadway when there is only an adjacent recreational bicycle path available instead of a bicycle lane.","path":["Title 56 - MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 5 Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways","ARTICLE 27 Bicyclists and Users of Play Vehicles; Rights and Duties"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t56c005.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:52:34Z","sha256":"b15b9ceb505f7bedcf40c01e0797a191296236d44fa5d28acffb3dd5b264a1cf","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-5-3420","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-5-3430"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}