(a) (1) The provisions of this traffic code that are applicable to bicycles and electric bicycles apply whenever a bicycle or electric bicycle is operated upon any highway or upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
(2) Except as provided in division (a)(4) of this section, a bicycle operator or electric bicycle operator who violates any provisions of this traffic code described in division (a)(1) of this section that is applicable to bicycles or electric 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 or electric 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.
(3) Except as provided in division (a)(4) of this section, in the case of a violation of any provision of this traffic code described in division (a)(1) of this section by a bicycle operator, electric bicycle operator, or motor vehicle operator when the trier of fact finds that the violation by the motor vehicle operator endangered the lives of bicycle riders or electric bicycle riders at the time of the violation, the court, notwithstanding any provision of the Ohio Revised Code to the contrary, may require the bicycle operator, electric 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 this traffic code or the Ohio Revised Code for that violation.
(4) Divisions (a)(2) and (a)(3) of this section do not apply to violations of Ohio R.C. 4511.19 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.
(ORC 4511.52)
(b) Every person operating a bicycle shall obey the instructions of official traffic control devices and signals applicable to vehicles, unless otherwise directed by a police officer.
(c) The provisions of this Traffic Code shall apply to bicycles, except those provisions which, by their nature, are not applicable.
(1966 Code § 373.01)