Bicycles are hereby classed as vehicles and every person operating a bicycle in any public way in the village shall be subject to the provisions of the state vehicle laws and all traffic ordinances except such provisions in conflict with this chapter or which by their nature can have no application.
(a) Obedience To Traffic Directions: It shall be unlawful for any person operating a bicycle to fail or refuse to comply with any order, signal or direction of a police officer, or to disobey the instructions of any official traffic sign, signal or other traffic control device.
(b) Riding On Bicycles:
(1) A person operating a bicycle shall not ride other than upon or astride the permanent and regular seat attached thereto, nor carry any other person upon such bicycle other than upon a firmly attached regular seat thereon, nor shall any person ride upon a bicycle other than as above authorized.
(2) No bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped.
(c) Speed: No bicycle shall be operated at any time faster than is reasonable, proper and prudent under the conditions then existing, and every bicycle shall be operated with reasonable regard to the safety of the rider and of other persons, property and vehicles.
(d) Riding On Sidewalks:
(1) No bicycle shall be operated by a person under twelve (12) years of age along and upon Deerfield Road or Waukegan Road or County Line (Lake-Cook) Road within the corporate limits of the village, except on the public sidewalks adjoining said roadways.
(2) Due and proper care shall at all times be exercised by the bicycle operator for the pedestrians. Under all circumstances, bicycle operators, riding or walking their bicycles, shall yield the right of way to pedestrians using a sidewalk or path. When approaching a pedestrian(s) on the sidewalk, an audible signal shall be given at least twenty five feet (25') distance from the pedestrian(s) and the speed of the bicycle shall not be increased until the pedestrian(s) has been passed.
(3) In business districts bicycles may be ridden on sidewalks.
(e) Riding On Right: Every person operating a bicycle shall keep to the right and shall operate as nearly as practical at the right hand edge of the path, sidewalk, street or roadway.
(f) Riding In A Group: When more than two (2) persons in a group are operating bicycles on a street or roadway, they shall ride single file and it shall be unlawful for them to ride abreast of each other.
(g) Stopping Or Turning: The operator of a bicycle on a roadway, when making a right turn, shall follow the right hand edge of the roadway, and the operator of a bicycle on a roadway, when making a left turn, shall proceed to the far side of the intersection, bring the bicycle to a complete stop and look in both directions prior to turning. No operator of a bicycle shall start, slow down, stop or attempt to turn without first indicating such movement as provided by state laws for the operation of a motor vehicle.
(h) Coming Out Of Alleys, Driveways Or Buildings: The operator of a bicycle coming out of an alley, driveway or building shall stop before riding on or across a sidewalk or into a street or roadway if the view is obscured. Such operator shall, in all cases, yield the right of way to all pedestrians approaching on said sidewalk, and to all vehicles approaching on said street or roadway.
(i) Clinging To Vehicles: It shall be unlawful for any person operating a bicycle to cling or to attach himself, or the bicycle, to any other moving vehicle or object.
(j) Carrying Articles: No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle or article which prevents the rider from keeping both hands upon the bicycle handlebars.
(k) Under Influence Of Liquor Or Drugs: It is unlawful for any person to operate a bicycle within the village while under the influence of liquor or drugs.
(l) Trick Riding: It shall be unlawful for any person operating a bicycle on the public streets, sidewalks, roadways or on any public way to engage in any kind of trick or unsafe riding, including, but not limited to, riding without the use of any hands on the handlebars.
(m) Prohibited Areas For Bicycles: Bicycles are prohibited to be operated in any area where appropriate signs are posted. (1963 Code ch. 20A, § 20.715)