(A) Motor vehicle laws applicable. Every person operating a bicycle upon the public ways of the city shall be subject to the provisions of this Traffic Code of the city and of the state statutes applicable to the drivers of motor vehicles except as to special regulations hereof and except as to those provisions of such code and statutes which by their own nature can have no application.
(B) Obedience to signals. Any person operating a bicycle shall obey the directions of official traffic signals, signs and other control devices applicable to other vehicles unless otherwise directed by a police officer and shall obey direction signs relative to turns permitted unless such person dismounts from his bicycle, in which event he shall then obey the regulations applicable to pedestrians.
(C) Place of riding. Every person operating a bicycle upon a public highway shall ride as near to the right-hand side of the way as practicable, exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction. When so riding upon a public way with other cyclists there shall not be more than two abreast, except on public ways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
(D) Control of bicycles. No person operating a bicycle upon a public way shall carry any package, bundle or article which prevents the rider from keeping at least one hand upon the handlebars, nor shall any person other than the operator or rider be permitted to ride upon a bicycle unless the same is constructed to accommodate two persons. The operator of a bicycle upon the public ways shall keep the same under control at all times and at all times during operation shall have one or both hands upon the handlebars and the feet engaged with the braking device; provided, that on bicycles having hand brakes, one or both hands shall be engaged with the braking device.
(E) Emerging from alley or driveway. The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall, upon approaching a sidewalk or the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway or driveway, yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians approaching on such sidewalk or sidewalk area and, upon entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on such roadway.
(F) Clinging to other vehicles. No person riding upon any bicycle on a public way shall attach the same or himself to any moving automobile or other vehicle upon such way.
(G) On sidewalks. No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within a business district; provided, such prohibition shall not apply to sidewalks designated as “bikeways” by the City Commission. When signs are erected on any sidewalk or street which prohibit the riding of bicycles thereon by any person, no person shall disobey such signs. Whenever any person is riding a bicycle upon a sidewalk, such person shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give audible signal before overtaking and passing such pedestrian.
('72 Code, § 8-9) (Ord. 784, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 64-23, passed - - ; Am. Ord. O-68-50, passed - - ; Am. Ord. O-76-43, passed 6-2-76) Penalty, see § 75.99