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§ 72.02 OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC ORDINANCES; EFFECT OF CONFLICT.
   Any person operating a bicycle upon any public highway or path within the city shall operate the same in accordance with all the provisions contained in the traffic ordinances of the city and with the provisions of R.S.A. 265:143 through 265:153, except that when any provision contained in such ordinances conflicts with any provision in this chapter, the provisions of this chapter shall predominate, or when by their nature they can have no application thereto.
('71 Code, § 5-2) Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 72.03 OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES; EXCEPTIONS.
   All official traffic signals, signs, and other control devices within the city used in regulating and directing traffic must be obeyed, unless otherwise directed by a police officer; and on public highways where authorized signs are erected, indicating that no left, right, or “U” turn is permitted, no person or persons operating a bicycle in the city shall disobey the regulation contained therein, except that when such person dismounts from the bicycle to make any such turn, he shall obey all the traffic ordinance provisions applicable to pedestrians.
('71 Code, § 5-3) Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 72.04 SPEED; DIRECTION.
   Bicycles shall not be operated within the city at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing, and shall be operated as near the right-hand side of the highway as practicable, exercising due care when passing a parked vehicle, or one proceeding in the same direction.
('71 Code, § 5-4) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
   Maximum speed limit, see R.S.A. 250:12
§ 72.05 SEATING; CARRYING PASSENGERS.
   No person operating a bicycle within the city shall ride it other than upon or astride the permanent and regular seat attached thereto, nor carry more persons upon any bicycle at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped.
('71 Code, § 5-5) Penalty, see § 70.99
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