Bicycles on the road:
- Must always yield the right-of-way to motor vehicles.
- Do not follow specific rules of the road.
- Are considered vehicles with the same rights and responsibilities as motor vehicles. ✓
- Are nothing to worry about.
Answer: C. Are considered vehicles with the same rights and responsibilities as motor vehicles.
Bicycles on the road are considered vehicles with the same rights and responsibilities as motor vehicles.
Why this is the answer
The handbook states plainly that a bicycle is a vehicle, and that a rider has the same rights and responsibilities that apply to a driver operating a vehicle, except where those rules cannot apply to a bicycle by their nature. It adds that bicyclists must obey all traffic laws, signs, and signals, and that right-of-way rules at intersections apply equally to motor vehicles and bicycles. So a bicycle is not a lesser road user that must automatically give way; it shares the road on equal legal footing.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Must always yield the right-of-way to motor vehicles. — The handbook puts bicycles on equal footing with cars at intersections, so there is no blanket rule that a bicyclist must always yield to motor vehicles.
- B. Do not follow specific rules of the road. — The handbook requires bicyclists to obey all traffic laws, signs, and signals, and says they face the same penalties for traffic violations.
- D. Are nothing to worry about. — The handbook treats bicycles as vehicles sharing the road and applying the same right-of-way rules, so they are not something to dismiss.
Remember it
Picture a bicycle as a car with pedals: same rules, same rights, same tickets.