(A) No driver of a two-wheel or three-wheel motor vehicle or bicycle shall carry any other person upon or within such vehicle on any street or highway, except as provided in this section.
(1) If any two-wheel or three-wheel motor vehicle with a wheel diameter of 12 inches or greater or any bicycle shall have either a double seating device with double footrests or a side car attachment providing a separate seating space within such sidecar attachment for each person riding therein so that such person shall be seated entirely within the body of the side car, then it shall be permissible for an operator who has attained the age of 16 years or older to carry a passenger.
(2) A demonstration ride by a licensed dealer or his or her employee is permissible.
(B) No motorcycle or motor scooter shall be ridden upon any sidewalk of the city.
(C) No rider of a motorcycle, bicycle, or motor scooter shall hold on to any moving vehicle for the purpose of being propelled.
(D) A person operating a motor scooter, motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, or motor bicycle shall ride only on the permanent and regular seat attached thereto. An operator of a motorcycle, motor scooter, or motor bicycle shall not carry any other person nor shall any other person ride on the vehicle unless it is designed to carry more than one person, in which event, a passenger may ride only upon the permanent and regular seat if designed for two persons, or upon another seat firmly attached to the rear or side of the operator.
(E) No driver of a motorcycle or motor scooter shall pass other vehicles in between lanes of traffic traveling in the same direction. Authorized emergency vehicles are excepted from the provisions of this subsection (E).
(F) No person shall operate any motorcycle or any motor scooter at a speed greater than the speed limit legally posted. In no event, nor at any time, may an operator under the age of 16 years operate a motorcycle or motor scooter at a speed greater than 35 mph.
(G) It is unlawful for any person to operate a motor-driven cycle, including a motor scooter or motor-driven bicycle, on a street in this city during a time when state law prohibits the operation of such vehicle.
(Prior Code, § 42-163)
Statutory reference:
Motorcycle equipment, see 47 O.S. § 12-601