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Wash. Rev. Code § 46.61.750 (2026)

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(1) It is a traffic infraction for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in RCW 46.61.750 through 46.61.780.
(2) These regulations applicable to bicycles apply whenever a bicycle is operated upon any highway or upon any bicycle path, subject to those exceptions stated herein.
[ 1982 c 55 s 6; 1979 ex.s. c 136 s 92; 1965 ex.s. c 155 s 79.]

Notes:

Rules of court: Monetary penalty schedule—IRLJ 6.2.
Effective date—Severability—1979 ex.s. c 136: See notes following RCW 46.63.010.
Bicycle awareness program: RCW 43.43.390.
"Bicycle" defined: RCW 46.04.071.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1977–2016 · leading case: Pudmaroff v. Allen, 977 P.2d 574 (Wash. 1999).
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Pudmaroff v. Allen, 977 P.2d 574 (Wash. 1999). · cites it 2× “First, she contends, because bicycles operating on roadways or bike paths under RCW 46.61.750(2) and .755 are subject to the rules of the road, Pudmaroff failed to comply with RCW 46.”
Pudmaroff v. Allen, 138 Wash. 2d 55 (Wash. 1999). “Moreover, if bicycles are operated on a bicycle path, they may be subject to the rules of the road, but it is not clear if this relates to bicycle lanes on roadways or bicycle paths separate from roadways or multipurpose trails.”
Crawford v. Miller, 566 P.2d 1264 (Wash. Ct. App. 1977). “755 reads as follows: Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter, except as to special regulations in RCW 46.”
Pamela O'neill, V The City Of Port Orchard, 375 P.3d 709 (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). “Further, bicycles are subject to the same traffic laws as motorists and other vehicles when traveling on public roadways: Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a…”
Pudmaroff v. Allen, 951 P.2d 335 (Wash. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× ““Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles. Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall he subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter, except as to special regulations in RCW 46.”
State v. Rowell, 158 P.3d 1248 (Wash. Ct. App. 2007). “He argues from RCW 46.61.750(2) that "regulations applicable to bicycles apply whenever a bicycle is operated upon any highway or upon any bicycle path, subject to those exceptions stated herein.”
State v. Rowell, 138 Wash. App. 780 (Wash. Ct. App. 2007). “He argues from RCW 46.61.750(2) that “regulations applicable to bicycles apply whenever a bicycle is operated upon any highway or upon any bicycle path, subject to those exceptions stated herein.”
Borromeo v. Shea, 156 P.3d 946 (Wash. Ct. App. 2007). “755 provides: (1) Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter, except as to special regulations in RCW 46.61.750 through 46.61.780 and except as to…”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 46.61.750(2) — 5 cases
Pudmaroff v. Allen, 977 P.2d 574 (Wash. 1999). “First, she contends, because bicycles operating on roadways or bike paths under RCW 46.61.750(2) and .755 are subject to the rules of the road, Pudmaroff failed to comply with RCW 46.”
Pudmaroff v. Allen, 138 Wash. 2d 55 (Wash. 1999). “Moreover, if bicycles are operated on a bicycle path, they may be subject to the rules of the road, but it is not clear if this relates to bicycle lanes on roadways or bicycle paths separate from roadways or multipurpose trails.”
Pudmaroff v. Allen, 951 P.2d 335 (Wash. Ct. App. 1998). ““Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles. Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall he subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter, except as to special regulations in RCW 46.”
State v. Rowell, 158 P.3d 1248 (Wash. Ct. App. 2007). “He argues from RCW 46.61.750(2) that "regulations applicable to bicycles apply whenever a bicycle is operated upon any highway or upon any bicycle path, subject to those exceptions stated herein.”
State v. Rowell, 138 Wash. App. 780 (Wash. Ct. App. 2007). “He argues from RCW 46.61.750(2) that “regulations applicable to bicycles apply whenever a bicycle is operated upon any highway or upon any bicycle path, subject to those exceptions stated herein.”
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