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Home » US Law » 2022 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations » Vehicles. » Chapter 346 - Rules of the road. » SUBCHAPTER XII » BICYCLES, ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICES, PERSONAL DELIVERY DEVICES, AND PLAY VEHICLES » 346.803 – Riding bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device on bicycle way.

346.803 Riding bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device on bicycle way.

(1) Every person operating a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device upon a bicycle way shall:

(a) Exercise due care and give an audible signal when passing a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device rider or a pedestrian proceeding in the same direction.

(b) Obey each traffic signal or sign facing a roadway which runs parallel and adjacent to a bicycle way.

(2) Every person operating a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device upon a bicycle way open to 2-way traffic shall ride on the right side of the bicycle way.

(3) Every operator of a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device entering a bicycle way shall yield the right-of-way to all bicycles and pedestrians in the bicycle way.

(4) Except as provided in ss. 349.236 (1) (bm) and 349.237, a person may operate an electric personal assistive mobility device, or an electric scooter at a speed not to exceed 15 miles per hour, upon any bicycle path.

History: 1973 c. 182; 2001 a. 90; 2019 a. 11.