Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles

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 except in regard to the: A. equipment, maintenance and operation of the bicycle pursuant to Sections 66-3- 701 through 66-3-707 NMSA 1978; or B. operation of the bicycle at an intersection pursuant to Section 66-7-345 NMSA 1978. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-3-702, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 101; 1978 Comp., § 66-3-702, 2025, ch. 22, § 1.