474.01 Application of chapter.
474.03 Parents' responsibility.
474.04 License and registration.
474.05 Operation on streets and intersections; age limitations.
474.06 Safety equipment.
474.07 Safe riding regulations.
474.08 Riding on bicycles or tricycles.
474.10 Riding upon seats; carrying packages; motorcycle handlebars, helmets and glasses.
474.11 Impounding.
474.12 Suspension of riding privileges.
474.13 Operation of motorized bicycles.
474.14 Electric bicycles.
474.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
See section histories for similar State law
Bicycle defined - see TRAF. 402.05
Motorcycle defined - see TRAF. 402.23
Bicycles prohibited on freeways - see TRAF. 412.05
Operation of vehicles on bicycle paths - see TRAF. 432.41
Motorcycle operator's license required - see TRAF. 436.01
Motorcycle headlight - see TRAF. 438.03
Motorcycle brakes - see TRAF. 438.19
Off-highway motorcycles - see TRAF. Ch. 476
(a) The provisions of this Traffic Code that are applicable to bicycles apply whenever a bicycle is operated upon any street or upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a bicycle operator who violates any section of this Traffic Code described in subsection (a) of this section that is applicable to bicycles may be issued a ticket, citation or summons by a law enforcement officer for the violation in the same manner as the operator of a motor vehicle would be cited for the same violation. A person who commits any such violation while operating a bicycle shall not have any points assessed against the person’s driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary instruction permit, or probationary license under Ohio R.C. 4510.036.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, in the case of a violation of any section of this Traffic Code described in subsection (a) of this section by a bicycle operator or by a motor vehicle operator when the trier of fact finds that the violation by the motor vehicle operator endangered the lives of bicycle riders at the time of the violation, the court, notwithstanding any provision of this Traffic Code to the contrary, may require the bicycle operator or motor vehicle operator to take and successfully complete a bicycling skills course approved by the court in addition to or in lieu of any penalty otherwise prescribed by the Traffic Code for that violation.
(d) Subsections (b) and (c) of this section do not apply to violations of Section 434.01 of this Traffic Code. (ORC 4511.52)
(e) The provisions of this Traffic Code shall apply to bicycles except those which by their nature are not applicable.
(Ord. 2024-38. Passed 6-13-24.)
(a) "Bicycle" means every device, other than a device that is designed solely for use as a play vehicle by a child, that is propelled solely by human power upon which a person may ride, and that has two or more wheels, any of which is more than fourteen inches in diameter.
(b) For the purposes of this chapter, tricycle means a three-wheeled adult vehicle propelled by human power having a single front wheel and two parallel rear wheels.
(Ord. 2024-38. Passed 6-13-24.)
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