Pedicab traffic rules

(a) Pursuant to § 15-4.5 , every person operating a pedicab shall be subject to provisions of Chapter 15 (traffic code), as amended, applicable to the driver of any vehicle, except those provisions which by their very nature, can have no application. This is not to be interpreted to authorize pedicabs to travel at low speeds in the fast lanes of traffic; to cut in and out of traffic abruptly; to travel counter to the normal flow of traffic; to disregard traffic signals, markings, and signs; to use the wrong side of the street; to block traffic and pedestrians; to use sidewalks for any purpose, except as specifically authorized; to stop or park, except in authorized places; to go the wrong way on one-way streets; or to authorize any other uses not legally allowed the operator (driver) of any other private vehicle. The preceding acts by pedicab operators are specifically prohibited and violators shall be cited by the chief of police. (b) Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, no pedicab shall be operated on any sidewalk, except as provided in other parts of this article and below: (1) While in motion on a sidewalk, a pedicab shall be walked by its operator; and (2) No pedicab shall be stopped, parked, or left standing, whether attended or unattended, on any sidewalk, for any purpose, except in an authorized pedicab stand area. All portions of the pedicab shall be within the marked pedicab stand while so stopped, parked, or left standing. (c) Pedicabs shall be allowed to use exclusive bus lanes but shall at no time interfere with, slow, or block a bus that is in the bus lane. No pedicab shall stop in a bus lane for any period of time, reason, or purpose. (d) Every person operating a pedicab upon a roadway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at such time shall ride as near to the righthand curb or edge of the roadway as practicable, exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction, except under any of the following situations: (1) When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway, except where prohibited by official traffic control devices; and (2) When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions (including but not limited to fixed or moving objects, vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, animals, surface hazards, etc., or substandard width lanes) that make it unsafe to continue along the righthand curb or edge. For purposes of this section, a “substandard width lane” is a lane that is too narrow for a pedicab and a vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane; or when a roadway is designated and signposted to carry traffic in one direction only and has two or more marked traffic lanes, a person operating a pedicab may ride as near to the left-hand curb or edge of such roadway as practicable. )