Bicycle-related excerpts from Massachusetts session laws and motor-vehicle manuals

Session laws were researched by Paul Schimek and John Allen

Pages of the 1914 Motor Vehicle Manual related to rules for driving.

Bicycle pages of the 1955 Motor Vehicle Manual

Background information on 1971-1974 legislation

A summary of each of the session laws, with links -- prepared by John Allen.

Laws are also linked here:

Chap. 497 of the Acts of 1894

Chap. 409 of the Acts of 1897

Chap. 121 of the Acts of 1898

Chap. 351 of the Acts of 1898

Chap. 474 of the Acts of 1899

Chap. 312 of the Acts of 1900

Chap. 318 of the Acts of 1900

Chap. 377 of the Acts of 1921

Chap. 710 of the Acts of 1941

Chap. 541 of the Acts of 1959

Chap. 318 of the Acts of 1961

Chap. 518 of the Acts of 1961

Chap. 346 of the Acts of 1962

Chap. 484 of the Acts of 1971

Chap. 183 of the Acts of 1973

Chap. 596 of the Acts of 1973

Chap. 806 of the Acts of 1973

Chap. 321 of the Acts of 1974

Chap. 424 of the Acts of 1974

Chap. 274 of the Acts of 1983

Chap. 87 of the Acts of 1996

Chap. 525 of the Acts of 2008