Section
General Provisions
75.01 Bicycles; application of Title VII
75.02 Operation of motorized bicycle
75.03 Electric bicycles
75.04 Rules for bicycles, motorcycles, and snowmobiles
75.05 Prohibition against attaching bicycles and sleds to vehicles
75.06 Riding bicycles; motorcycles abreast
75.07 Equipment of bicycles
75.08 Golf carts
75.09 Bicycles, scooters, roller blades, and the like on sidewalks
Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles, and All-Purpose Vehicles
75.25 Definitions
75.26 Equipment
75.27 Code application; prohibited operation
75.28 Permitted operation
75.29 Licensing requirements of operator
75.30 Maintenance of vehicles for hire
75.31 Accident reports
75.32 Impounding of vehicle
75.33 Local control within police power
75.34 Registration of vehicles
75.35 Certificate of title; prohibitions
Statutory reference:
Bicycle regulations to be consistent with state law, see R.C. § 4511.07(A)(8)
Protective eye devices required for motorcycle operators and passengers; helmets required for persons under 18 years of age, see O.A.C. 4501-17-01
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(A) The provisions of this title 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.
(B) (1) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, a bicycle operator or electric bicycle operator who violates any provisions of this title described in division (A) 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.
(2) 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 R.C. § 4510.036.
(C) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, in the case of a violation of any provision of this title described in division (A) 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.
(D) Divisions (B) and (C) of this section do not apply to violations of R.C. § 4511.19, or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.
(R.C. § 4511.52)
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