6-7-4: RIDING ON BICYCLES:
   A.   Carrying Persons: No bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at a time than the number for which it is designed and equipped.
   B.   Right Side Of Roadway: Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable, exercising due care when passing a vehicle standing or proceeding in the same direction.
   C.   Use Of Bicycle Paths: Wherever a usable path for bicycles has been provided adjacent to a roadway, bicycle riders shall use such path and not the roadway.
   D.   Speed: No person shall operate a bicycle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing.
   E.   Emerging From Alley, Driveway: The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall yield the right of way to all approaching pedestrians, and upon entering a roadway, shall yield the right of way to all vehicles approaching on such roadway. (1985 Code § 18-88)
   F.   Riding On Sidewalks 1 : The city administrator is authorized to have signs placed on any trafficway prohibiting the riding of bicycles thereon by any person. When such signs are in place, no person shall disobey the same. (1985 Code § 18-88; amd. 2004 Code)

 

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1. See also section 5-1A-11 of this code.