Originally Posted by
User1
Interesting, so I guess an e-bike is a vehicle, but a bicycle isn't?
It doesn't really matter. E-bikes (speed-limited electric assist bicycles) are a new legal concern (which makes them ambiguous). Most states appear to classify them as bicycles.
Originally Posted by
User1
So that is about as close as we get to being declared riding a vehicle? A deduction.
Why do you care whether or not a bicycle is a vehicle? As it happens, it doesn't really matter whether or not a bicycle is legally defined as a vehicle (an object/thing). States really aren't concerned with
bicycles (as objects or things). They are really only concerned with their
use by persons.
What matters is the
person using a bicycle on the roadway.
The law quoted by "10 Wheels" is the relevant law that grants bicyclists the same rights and duties as drivers of vehicles.
Originally Posted by
10 Wheels
A person riding a bicycle or operating a pedicab upon a highway has all the rights and is subject to all the provisions applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this division.
This law (most, if not all, states have it, in the same or similar words) makes a bicyclist equivalent to a driver (with respect to "rights and duties").