(a) Every person operating a bicycle shall obey the instructions of official traffic control signals, signs, and other control devices applicable to vehicles, unless otherwise directed by a police officer or any other persons authorized to direct, control, or regulate traffic.
(b) Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right turn or left turn or U-turn is permitted, no person operating a bicycle shall disobey the direction of any such sign, except where such person dismounts from the bicycle to make any such turn, in which event such person shall then obey the regulations applicable to pedestrians.
(c) As provided under § 15-6.7, a bicycle lane designated in Schedule XXXIV* shall be used exclusively for operating bicycles, except:
(1) As otherwise provided in § 15-6.7; and
(2) Where there is no adjacent paved sidewalk provided, a pedestrian may use the bicycle lane as a walkway and a bicycle rider shall yield the right-of-way to the pedestrian. When using a bicycle lane, a pedestrian shall walk as near the outside edge as possible. When two or more pedestrians use a bicycle lane, they shall walk in single file as near the outside edge as possible.
(Sec. 15-18.3, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.)) (1990 Code, Ch. 15, Art. 18, § 15-18.3) (Am. Ord. 94-78)
Editor’s note:
* See listing of schedules at the end of this chapter.