(a) Each person riding a bicycle or tricycle in Clinton Township shall be granted all of the rights and be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a motor vehicle as prescribed in Chapter 410 of these Codified Ordinances and the provisions of the Michigan Motor Vehicle Code, as set forth in Act 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, as amended.
(b) Any person operating a bicycle or tricycle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control signals, signs, and other control devices, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, except that whenever such person shall stop and dismount from his or her bicycle or tricycle, he or she shall cease to obey bicycle or tricycle rules and shall obey those applicable to pedestrians.
(c) A person propelling a bicycle or tricycle shall not ride other than astride a permanent and regular seat attached thereto and shall not carry more than one other person, provided the bicycle or tricycle is properly equipped and designed for passengers.
(d) No person riding upon any bicycle or tricycle shall attach the same or himself or herself to any vehicle upon any roadway in this Township.
(e) Every person operating a bicycle or tricycle upon a roadway shall not ride other than in single file, unless the roadway or path is so designed to allow for two abreast riding.
(f) No person riding a bicycle or tricycle shall carry any package, bundle or article which prevents the rider from keeping both hands upon the handlebars of the bicycle or tricycle.
(g) Whenever a usable path next to a roadway is available, bicycle or tricycle riders shall use that and not the roadway.
(h) No person shall park a bicycle or tricycle, except against the curb or on a sidewalk, unless in a rack designed to hold a bicycle or tricycle, or against a building so as not to impede vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
(i) When signs are erected on any sidewalk or street which prohibit the riding of bicycles or tricycles thereon by any person, no person shall disobey such signs.
(j) No person shall operate a bicycle or tricycle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the existing conditions.
(k) No person under the age of twelve years shall operate a bicycle or tricycle upon the roadways of this Township, unless the area is so designed that sidewalks are not available for pedestrian or bicycle or tricycle traffic.
(l) Any person riding a bicycle or tricycle upon a sidewalk shall yield the right of way to all pedestrian traffic and shall also give an audible signal before overtaking and passing any pedestrian.
(m) Persons riding bicycles or tricycles on a roadway shall ride to the far right edge of the roadway at all times.
(Ord. 235. Passed 6-11-74.)