Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-11-1205
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Riding on roadway, one-way street or highway
Official statutory text
A. Every person operating a bicycle or motorized scooter upon a
roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and
place and under the conditions then existing shall ride as close as
is safe to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, except under
any of the following situations:
1. When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in
the same direction;
2. When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a
private road or driveway;
3. When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions and while
exercising due care, including but not limited to:
a. fixed or moving objects,
b. parked or moving vehicles,
c. pedestrians or animals,
d. surface hazards, or
e. any time it is unsafe to continue along the right-hand
curb or edge of the roadway; and
4. When riding in the right-turn-only lane.
B. Any person riding a bicycle or motorized scooter upon a one-
way street or highway with two or more marked lanes of travel may
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ride as close as is safe to the left-hand curb or edge of the street
or highway.
C. No person operating a bicycle or motorized scooter shall
pass other vehicles between lanes of traffic traveling in the same
direction.
D. Persons riding bicycles or motorized scooters upon a roadway
shall not ride more than two abreast except on paths or parts of
roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles or motorized
scooters. Persons riding two abreast shall not impede the normal
and reasonable flow of traffic and, on a laned roadway, shall ride
within a single lane.
roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and
place and under the conditions then existing shall ride as close as
is safe to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, except under
any of the following situations:
1. When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in
the same direction;
2. When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a
private road or driveway;
3. When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions and while
exercising due care, including but not limited to:
a. fixed or moving objects,
b. parked or moving vehicles,
c. pedestrians or animals,
d. surface hazards, or
e. any time it is unsafe to continue along the right-hand
curb or edge of the roadway; and
4. When riding in the right-turn-only lane.
B. Any person riding a bicycle or motorized scooter upon a one-
way street or highway with two or more marked lanes of travel may
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 578
ride as close as is safe to the left-hand curb or edge of the street
or highway.
C. No person operating a bicycle or motorized scooter shall
pass other vehicles between lanes of traffic traveling in the same
direction.
D. Persons riding bicycles or motorized scooters upon a roadway
shall not ride more than two abreast except on paths or parts of
roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles or motorized
scooters. Persons riding two abreast shall not impede the normal
and reasonable flow of traffic and, on a laned roadway, shall ride
within a single lane.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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