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(A) (1) No person shall operate a vehicle on any public or private property other than streets or highways in willful or wanton disregard of the safety of persons or property.
(2) This section does not apply to the competitive operation of vehicles on public or private property when the owner of such property knowingly permits such operation thereon.
(B) Except as otherwise provided in this division (B), whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(R.C. § 4511.201)
Cross-reference:
License suspension, see § 71.25
(A) No person shall operate a motor vehicle, agricultural tractor or agricultural tractor that is towing, pulling or otherwise drawing a unit of farm machinery on any street, highway or property open to the public for vehicular traffic without being in reasonable control of the vehicle, agricultural tractor or unit of farm machinery.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of operating a motor vehicle or agricultural tractor without being in control of it, a minor misdemeanor.
(R.C. § 4511.202)
(A) (1) No offender with limited driving privileges, during any period that the offender is required to operate only a motor vehicle equipped with an immobilizing or disabling device, shall request or permit any other person to breathe into the device if it is an ignition interlock device or another type of device that monitors the concentration of alcohol in a person’s breath or to otherwise start the motor vehicle equipped with the device, for the purpose of providing the offender with an operable motor vehicle.
(2) (a) Except as provided in division (A)(2)(b) of this section, no person shall breathe into an immobilizing or disabling device that is an ignition interlock device or another type of device that monitors the concentration of alcohol in a person’s breath or otherwise start a motor vehicle equipped with an immobilizing or disabling device, for the purpose of providing an operable motor vehicle to an offender with limited driving privileges who is permitted to operate only a motor vehicle equipped with an immobilizing or disabling device.
(b) Division (A)(2)(a) of this section does not apply to a person in the following circumstances:
1. The person is an offender with limited driving privileges;
2. The person breathes into an immobilizing or disabling device that is an ignition interlock device or another type of device that monitors the concentration of alcohol in a person’s breath or otherwise starts a motor vehicle equipped with an immobilizing or disabling device; and
3. The person breathes into the device or starts the vehicle for the purpose of providing the person with an operable motor vehicle.
(3) No unauthorized person shall tamper with or circumvent the operation of an immobilizing or disabling device.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of an immobilizing or disabling device violation, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(R.C. § 4510.44)
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