(A) Application of provisions.
(1) It is unlawful for any person to do any act or fail to perform any act required by the provisions of this section. The parent of any child or the guardian of any ward shall not authorize or knowingly permit any such child or ward to violate any of the provisions of this section.
(2) The provisions of this section are applicable to bicycles or motorized scooters operated upon any street or highway or upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
(3) Every person riding a bicycle or motorized scooter upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by the laws of the state declaring rules of the road applicable to vehicles or by the traffic ordinances of the town applicable to the driver of a vehicle, except as to special regulations in this section and except as to those provisions of law and ordinances which, by their nature, can have no application.
(Prior Code, § 6-6-1)
(B) Obedience to traffic-control devices.
(1) Any person operating a bicycle or motorized scooter shall obey the instructions of official traffic-control signals, signs and other control devices applicable to vehicles, unless otherwise directed by a police officer.
(2) Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right or left or U-turn is permitted, no person operating a bicycle or motorized scooter shall disobey the direction of any such sign, except where such person dismounts from the bicycle to make any such turn, in which event, such person shall then obey the regulations applicable to pedestrians. Any person may walk bicycles or motorized scooters and shall then be subject to all laws applicable to pedestrians.
(Prior Code, § 6-6-2)
(C) Rules of operation.
(1) Riding on bicycles or motorized scooters.
(a) A person propelling a bicycle shall not ride other than astride a permanent and regular seat attached thereto.
(b) No bicycle or motorized scooter shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped.
(2) Riding on roadways.
(a) Ride on right. Every person operating a bicycle or motorized scooter upon a roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall ride as near as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, except under any of the following situations:
1. When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction;
2. When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway;
3. When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions and while exercising due care, including, but not limited to:
a. Fixed or moving objects;
b. Parked or moving vehicles;
c. Pedestrians or animals;
d. Surface hazards; or
e. Any time it is unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.
4. When riding in the right turn only lane.
(b) One-way streets. Any person riding a bicycle or motorized scooter upon a one-way street or highway with two or more marked lanes of travel may ride as near as practicable to the left- hand curb or edge of the street or highway.
(c) Passing vehicles. No person operating a bicycle or motorized scooter shall pass other vehicles between lanes of traffic traveling in the same direction.
(d) Riding side by side. Persons riding bicycles or motorized scooters upon a roadway shall not ride more than two abreast, except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles or motorized scooters. Persons riding two abreast shall not impede the normal and reasonable flow of traffic and, on a laned roadway, shall ride within a single lane.
(e) Use of designated pathways. Wherever a usable path for bicycles or motorized scooters has been provided adjacent to a roadway, bicycle or motorized scooter riders shall use the path and shall not use the roadway if required by local, municipal or county ordinances.
(f) Speed. No person shall operate a bicycle or motorized scooter at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing.
(3) Riding on sidewalks. Bicycles and motorized scooters may not be ridden upon any sidewalk within the town.
(Prior Code, § 6-6-3)
(D) Equipment.
(1) Lights and reflectors.
(a) Every bicycle in use at the times described in 47 O.S. § 12-201(B) shall be equipped with a lamp on the front emitting a white light visible from a distance of at least 1,000 feet to the front. This division (D)(1)(a) shall not apply to a street or highway with a speed limit of 25 mph or less.
(b) Every bicycle in use at the times described in 47 O.S. § 12-201(B) shall be equipped with a lamp on the rear emitting a red light visible from a distance of at least 1,000 feet to the rear. This division (D)(1)(b) shall not apply to a street or highway with a speed limit of 25 mph or less.
(c) Every bicycle shall be equipped with a red reflector which shall be visible for 600 feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful lower beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle.
(d) Every bicycle shall be equipped with a lighted lamp visible from both sides from a distance of at least 1,000 feet. This division (D)(1)(d) shall not apply to a street or highway with a speed limit of 25 mph or less.
(e) Every bicycle when in use at the times described in 47 O.S. § 12-201(B) shall be equipped with reflective material of sufficient size and reflectivity to be visible from both sides for 600 feet when directly in front of lawful lower beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle.
(2) Brakes. Every bicycle shall be equipped with a brake or brakes which will enable its driver to stop the bicycle within 25 feet from a speed of ten mph on dry, level, clean pavement.
(Prior Code, § 6-6-4)
Penalty, see § 70.99