(A) Motorized scooters and motor-driven cycles.
(1) No person shall operate any motor- driven cycle at a speed greater than the legally posted speed limit; provided, in no event nor at any time shall any operator drive a motor-driven cycle at a speed greater than 35 miles per hour.
(2) No person shall operate a motorized scooter at a speed greater than the legally posted speed limit; provided, in no event nor at any time shall any operator drive a motorized scooter at a speed greater than 25 miles per hour, or on any roadway with a posted speed limit of greater than 25 miles per hour.
(3) Operators of motorized scooters and motor-driven cycles shall wear goggles or a face shield, and all operators under the age of 18 years shall wear protective headgear meeting the standards established by the State of Oklahoma.
(4) Motor-driven cycles operated on city streets shall be equipped with all lights and equipment required for motorcycles by state law.
(5) No motor-driven cycle or motorized scooter shall be driven on any public street between sunset and sunrise.
(B) Motorized scooters and bicycles.
(1) 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:
(a) When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction;
(b) When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway;
(c) When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions and while exercising due care, including but not limited to:
1. Fixed or moving objects;
2. Parked or moving vehicle;
3. Pedestrians or animals;
4. Surface hazards; or
5. Any time it is unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway; and
(d) When riding in the right-turn-only lane.
(2) 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.
(3) No person operating a bicycle or motorized scooter shall pass other vehicles between lanes of traffic traveling the same direction.
(4) 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.
(5) 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.
(6) A Class A, B, C, or D license, but no motorcycle endorsement, is required to operate an electric-assisted bicycle.
(7) No person operating a bicycle or motorized scooter shall carry any package, bundle, or
article which prevents the driver from keeping at least one hand on the handle bars.
(C) All motor vehicles shall comply with all rules of the road in operation of a vehicle on the public streets.
(Prior Code, §16-835) (Am. Ord. 1737, passed 12-7-04) Penalty, see § 70.999
Statutory reference:
Speed limits; motor-driven cycles, see 47 O.S. §11-805