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371.10 ON BRIDGES OR RAILROAD CROSSINGS.
   (a)   No pedestrian shall enter or remain upon any bridge or approach thereto beyond the bridge signal, gate or barrier after a bridge operation signal indication has been given.
   (b)   No pedestrian shall pass through, around, over or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad grade crossing or bridge while the gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.
   (c)   Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 4511.511)
371.11 PERSONS OPERATING MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIRS.
   (a)   Every person operating a motorized wheelchair shall have all of the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian that are contained in this Traffic Code, except those provisions which by their nature can have no application.
(ORC 4511.491)
   (b)   Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 4511.99)
371.12 ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICES.
   (a)   (1)   Electric personal assistive mobility devices may be operated on the public streets, highways, sidewalks, and paths and portions of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles in accordance with this section.
      (2)   Except as otherwise provided in this section, those sections of this Traffic Code that by their nature are applicable to an electric personal assistive mobility device apply to the device and the person operating it whenever it is operated upon any public street, highway, sidewalk, or path or upon any portion of a roadway set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
   (b)   No operator of an electric personal assistive mobility device shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Fail to yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians and human-powered vehicles at all times;
      (2)   Fail to give an audible signal before overtaking and passing a pedestrian;
      (3)   Operate the device at night unless the device or its operator is equipped with or wearing both of the following:
         A.   A lamp pointing to the front that emits a white light visible from a distance of not less than five hundred feet;
         B.   A red reflector facing the rear that is visible from all distances from one hundred feet to six hundred feet when directly in front of lawful lower beams of head lamps on a motor vehicle.
      (4)   Operate the device on any portion of a street or highway that has an established speed limit of fifty-five miles per hour or more;
      (5)   Operate the device upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of pedestrians or other specialized use when an appropriate sign giving notice of the specialized use is posted on the path;
      (6)   If under eighteen years of age, operate the device unless wearing a protective helmet on the person’s head with the chin strap properly fastened;
      (7)   If under sixteen years of age, operate the device unless, during the operation, the person is under the direct visual and audible supervision of another person who is eighteen years of age or older and is responsible for the immediate care of the person under sixteen years of age.
   (c)   No person who is under fourteen years of age shall operate an electric personal assistive mobility device.
   (d)   No person shall distribute or sell an electric personal assistive mobility device unless the device is accompanied by a written statement that is substantially equivalent to the following: “WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY, USE ONLY WHILE WEARING FULL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT - HELMET, WRIST GUARDS, ELBOW PADS, AND KNEE PADS”. (ORC 4511.512)
   (e)   “Electric personal assistive mobility device” means a self-balancing two non-tandem wheeled device that is designed to transport only one person, has an electric propulsion system of an average of seven hundred fifty watts, and when ridden on a paved level surface by an operator who weighs one hundred seventy pounds has a maximum speed of less than twenty miles per hour. (ORC 4501.01)
   (f)   Whoever violates subsection (b) or (c) hereof is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be punished as follows:
      (1)   The offender shall be fined ten dollars ($10.00).
      (2)   If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of division (B) or (C) of Ohio R.C. 4511.512 or a substantially similar municipal ordinance, the court, in addition to imposing the fine required under subsection (f)(1) hereof, shall do one of the following:
         A.   Order the impoundment for not less than one day but not more than thirty days of the electric personal assistive mobility device that was involved in the current violation of that section. The court shall order the device to be impounded at a safe indoor location designated by the court and may assess storage fees of not more than five dollars ($5.00) per day, provided the total storage, processing, and release fees assessed against the offender or the device in connection with the device’s impoundment or subsequent release shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00).
         B.   If the court does not issue an impoundment order pursuant to subsection (f)(2)A. hereof, issue an order prohibiting the offender from operating any electric personal assistive mobility device on the public streets, highways, sidewalks, and paths and portions of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles for not less than one day but not more than thirty days.
   (g)   Whoever violates subsection (d) hereof is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4511.512)
371.13 OPERATION OF PERSONAL DELIVERY DEVICE ON SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS.
   (a)   As used in this section:
      (1)   “Eligible entity” means a corporation, partnership, association, firm, sole proprietorship, or other entity engaged in business.
      (2)   “Personal delivery device” means an electrically powered device to which all of the following apply:
         A.   The device is intended primarily to transport property and cargo on sidewalks and crosswalks.
         B.   The device weighs less than 250 pounds excluding any property or cargo being carried in the device.
         C.   The device has a maximum speed of ten miles per hour.
         D.   The device is equipped with technology that enables the operation of the device with active control or monitoring by a person, without active control or monitoring by a person, or both with or without active control or monitoring by a person.
      (3)   “Personal delivery device operator” means an agent of an eligible entity who exercises direct physical control over, or monitoring of, the navigation and operation of a personal delivery device. The phrase does not include, with respect to a delivery or other service rendered by a personal delivery device, the person who requests the delivery or service. The phrase also does not include a person who only arranges for and dispatches a personal delivery device for a delivery or other service.
   (b)   An eligible entity may operate a personal delivery device on sidewalks and crosswalks so long as all of the following requirements are met:
      (1)    The personal delivery device is operated in accordance with all regulations, if any, established by each local authority within which the personal delivery device is operated.
      (2)    A personal delivery device operator is actively controlling or monitoring the navigation and operation of the personal delivery device.
      (3)    The eligible entity maintains an insurance policy that includes general liability coverage of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for damages arising from the operation of the personal delivery device by the eligible entity and any agent of the eligible entity.
      (4)    The device is equipped with all of the following:
         A.   A marker that clearly identifies the name and contact information of the eligible entity operating the personal delivery device and a unique identification number;
         B.   A braking system that enables the personal delivery device to come to a controlled stop;
         C.   If the personal delivery device is being operated between sunset and sunrise, a light on both the front and rear of the personal delivery device that is visible in clear weather from a distance of at least 500 feet to the front and rear of the personal delivery device when directly in front of low beams of headlights on a motor vehicle.
   (c)   No personal delivery device operator shall allow a personal delivery device to do any of the following:
      (1)    Fail to comply with traffic or pedestrian control devices and signals;
      (2)    Unreasonably interfere with pedestrians or traffic;
      (3)    Transport any hazardous material that would require a permit issued by the Public Utilities Commission;
      (4)    Operate on a street or highway, except when crossing the street or highway within a crosswalk.
   (d)   A personal delivery device has all of the rights and obligations applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances, except that a personal delivery device shall yield the right-of-way to human pedestrians on sidewalks and crosswalks.
   (e)   (1)   No person shall operate a personal delivery device unless the person is authorized to do so under this section and complies with the requirements of this section.
      (2)    An eligible entity is responsible for both of the following:
          A.    Any violation of this section that is committed by a personal delivery device operator; and
         B.   Any other circumstance, including a technological malfunction, in which a personal delivery device operates in a manner prohibited by divisions (c)(1) to (c)(4) of this section.
            (ORC 4511.513)
371.14 LOW-SPEED MICROMOBILITY DEVICES.
   (a)   (1)    A low-speed micromobility device may be operated on the public streets, highways, sidewalks, and shared-use paths, and may be operated on any portions of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles in accordance with this section.
      (2)    Except as otherwise provided in this section, those sections of this title that by their nature could apply to a low-speed micromobility device do apply to the device and the person operating it whenever it is operated upon any public street, highway, sidewalk, or shared-use path, or upon any portion of a roadway set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
   (b)   No operator of a low-speed micromobility device shall do any of the following:
      (1)    Fail to yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians at all times;
      (2)    Fail to give an audible signal before overtaking and passing a pedestrian;
      (3)    Operate the device at night unless the device or its operator is equipped with or wearing both of the following:
         A.   A lamp pointing to the front that emits a white light visible from a distance of not less than 500 feet;
         B.   A red reflector facing the rear that is visible from all distances from 100 feet to 600 feet when directly in front of lawful lower beams of head lamps on a motor vehicle.
   (c)   (1)   No person who is under sixteen years of age shall rent a low-speed micromobility device.
      (2)    No person shall knowingly rent a low-speed micromobility device to a person who is under sixteen years of age.
      (3)    No person shall knowingly rent a low-speed micromobility device on behalf of a person who is under sixteen years of age.
   (d)   No person shall operate a low-speed micromobility device at a speed greater than twenty miles per hour.
   (e)   (1)    Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
      (2)    Unless a mens rea is otherwise specified in this section, an offense established under this section is a strict liability offense and Ohio R.C. 2901.20 does not apply. The designation of that offense as a strict liability offense shall not be construed to imply that any other offense, for which there is no specified degree of culpability, is not a strict liability offense.
   (f)   Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1) of this section, the municipality, may do any of the following:
      (1)    Regulate or prohibit the operation of low-speed micromobility devices on public streets, highways, sidewalks, and shared-use paths, and portions of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles, under its jurisdiction;
      (2)    Include low-speed micromobility devices that are adapted to expand access for people with various physical limitations into a shared bicycle, shared electric bicycle, or similar vehicle sharing program, under its jurisdiction;
      (3)    Require the owner or operator of a low-speed micromobility device rental service or low-speed micromobility device sharing program to maintain commercial general liability insurance related to the operation of the devices, with limits of up to one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence and two million dollars ($2,000,000) per aggregate.
         (ORC 4511.514)