Loading...
No person shall operate a bicycle at a speed greater than that which permits him to bring his vehicle to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead.
(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 73.99
No person shall park a bicycle upon a street other than upon the highway against the curb or upon a sidewalk in a rack to support the bicycle or against a building or at the curb in such a manner as to afford the least obstruction to vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 73.99
No more than one person shall ride upon a bicycle, unless the bicycle is designed and manufactured to carry more than one person.
(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 73.99
Statutory reference:
Number of passengers, see IC 9-21-11-4
(A) Lights, reflectors. Bicycles, while being operated during the period from one-half hour after sunset until one-half hour before sunrise, shall display a white light on the front thereof, which shall be securely fastened to the bicycle, and plainly discernible from a distance of 500 feet ahead, as well as a red light or reflector on the rear thereof, which shall be plainly visible at night or, in the case of a reflector, visible in the lawful lights of motor vehicles for a distance of 500 feet to the rear.
(B) Warning devices.
(1) Required equipment. No person shall ride a bicycle, unless it is equipped with a suitable bell or other warning device audible for a distance of 100 feet or more.
(2) Prohibited equipment. No person riding a bicycle shall have a whistle or siren as a warning device.
(C) Brakes. Every bicycle shall be equipped with a brake which will enable the operator to make the braked wheel skid on dry, level, clean pavement.
(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 73.99
Statutory reference:
Lamps and brakes, see IC 9-22-11-9 and 9-21-11-10
Audible signal, see IC 9-21-11-8
(A) (1) Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter, relating to bicycles for which another penalty is not provided, shall be penalized as follows:
(a) First violation shall be a minimum fine not less than $2.
(b) Second violation shall be a minimum fine not less than $10.
(c) Third and subsequent violation shall be a minimum fine not less than $15.
(2) Each calendar year shall be deemed to be a new period for the imposition of offenses regardless of any such offenses in prior calendar years. A parent or guardian who authorizes or knowingly permits his child or ward to violate any of the provisions of this chapter also shall be liable for the fines set forth above.
(B) Upon the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter relating to bicycles, by any person, the owner of the bicycle which was being used by such person at the time of the violation, may voluntarily deliver, surrender, and turn such bicycle over to the Police Department for impoundment for a period not exceeding 30 days; provided, if the person committing such violation is under the age of 17 and the prosecution for the violation would be handled under the statute therefore provided, the Chief of Police at his discretion may determine that such voluntary impoundment of the bicycle is sufficient deterrent and punishment to the person so violating and thereupon may refuse to prosecute for such violation.
(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81; Am. Ord. 986, passed 3-6-07)