Riding on right side.
Tulsa Revised Ordinances tit. 37, § 1003
in effectSection 1003. - Riding on right side.
A. Every person operating a bicycle, rickshaw, 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,
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 operating a bicycle, rickshaw, or motorized scooter upon a one-way street or roadway with two (2) or more marked lanes of travel may ride as close as is safe to the left-hand curb or edge of the street or roadway.
C. No person operating a bicycle, rickshaw, or motorized scooter shall pass other vehicles between lanes of traffic traveling in the same direction.
(Ord. No. 21982, § 32, 12-18-2008; Ord. No. 22395, § 6, 3-24-2011; Ord. No. 23786, § 1, 9-20-2017)
Source: City of Tulsa, Revised Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/tulsa/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_TIT37TURETRCO_CH10BI_S1003RIRISIFetched: 10/28/2026