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(a) Every bicycle or electric bicycle when in use at the times specified in Section 438.02, shall be equipped with the following:
(1) A lamp mounted on the front of either the bicycle or electric bicycle or the operator that shall emit a white light visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the front; and three hundred feet to the sides. A generator-powered lamp that emits light only when the bicycle or electric bicycle is moving may be used to meet this requirement.
(2) A red reflector on the rear that shall be visible from all distances from one hundred feet to six hundred feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful lower beams of head lamps on a motor vehicle.
(3) A lamp emitting either flashing or steady red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear shall be used in addition to the red reflector;
If the red lamp performs as a reflector in that it is visible as specified in subsection (a)(2) of this section, the red lamp may serve as the reflector and a separate reflector is not required.
(b) Additional lamps and reflectors may be used in addition to those required under subsection (a) of this section, except that red lamps and red reflectors shall not be used on the front of the bicycle or electric bicycle and white lamps and white reflectors shall not be used on the rear of the bicycle or electric bicycle.
(c) A bicycle or electric bicycle may be equipped with a device capable of giving an audible signal, except that a bicycle or electric bicycle shall not be equipped with nor shall any person use upon a bicycle or electric bicycle any siren or whistle.
(d) Every bicycle and electric bicycle shall be equipped with an adequate brake when used on a street or highway.
(ORC 4511.56)
(a) No person operating a bicycle shall fail to obey the instructions of official traffic control signals, signs or other devices applicable to vehicles unless otherwise directed by a police officer.
(b) No person shall operate a bicycle upon any street, sidewalk or bicycle path without due regard for the safety of persons or property on or adjacent thereto.
(c) No person shall operate a bicycle on a sidewalk in such fashion as to overtake and pass a pedestrian or vehicle lawfully operated on a sidewalk without first giving an audible signal reasonably calculated to warn such person or vehicle operator of the presence of the approaching vehicle without startling such person or operator. No person operating a bicycle upon a sidewalk shall overtake and pass a blind person carrying a white cane except by dismounting and overtaking and passing such person on foot.
(d) No person operating a bicycle shall enter a roadway, sidewalk or crosswalk or emerge from an alley, driveway or building without first observing, and yielding the right of way to, the vehicular and pedestrian traffic moving upon such roadway, sidewalk or crosswalk.
(e) Bicycles shall be operated on the right side of roadways as near the curb, berm or shoulder as possible.
(f) Persons riding bicycles upon roadways shall ride in single file only and not abreast, except on paths or parts of streets set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
(g) No person operating a bicycle on any roadway shall carry any package, bundle or article in a manner which necessitates taking either hand from the handle bars.
(h) Wherever a designated, usable path for bicycles has been provided adjacent to a street, bicycle riders shall use such path and shall not use the street.
(i) No person shall operate a bicycle in such manner as to accomplish a turn, change lanes or stop without first giving a signal by hand and arm with his or her left hand extended to the left side of the bicycle as follows:
(1) For a left turn or lane change, the hand and arm shall be extended horizontally;
(2) For a right turn or lane change, the upper arm shall be extended horizontally with the forearm and hand extended upward:
(3) To stop or decrease speed, the hand and arm shall be extended diagonally downward The operator of a bicycle shall not be required to give such signals in an emergency maneuver which could not reasonably have been foreseen.
(j) No person shall operate a bicycle at a speed greater than is reasonable and proper under the conditions then existing.
(k) No person shall engage in trick riding or operate a bicycle on any roadway without both hands upon the handle bars, except when necessary to give the hand signals required in subsection (i) hereof.
(Ord. 65-73. Passed 12-11-73.)
(a) Every person operating a bicycle or electric bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable obeying all traffic rules applicable to vehicles and exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction.
(b) This section does not require a person operating a bicycle or electric bicycle to ride at the edge of the roadway when it is unreasonable or unsafe to do so. Conditions that may require riding away from the edge of the roadway include when necessary to avoid fixed or moving objects, parked or moving vehicles, surface hazards, or if it otherwise is unsafe or impracticable to do so, including if the lane is too narrow for the bicycle or electric bicycle and an overtaking vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane.
(c) Persons riding bicycles, electric bicycles, or motorcycles upon a roadway shall ride not more than two abreast in a single lane, except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles or motorcycles.
(d) If the offender commits the offense while distracted and the distracting activity is a contributing factor to the commission of the offense, the offender is subject to the additional fine established under § 404.991.
(R.C. § 4511.55)
A person operating a bicycle shall ride upon the sidewalk rather than the roadway when sidewalks are available, except that no person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk upon or along which signs have been erected by authority of Council or other duly designated local authority prohibiting such bicycle riding, or within a business district. At no time shall a person under the age of 11 years operate a bicycle on a street.
(a) No person shall park a bicycle upon a sidewalk in such a manner as to interfere with pedestrian traffic or damage the property of another.
(b) No person shall park a bicycle upon a roadway in such a manner as to interfere with vehicular traffic.
(Ord. 65-73. Passed 12-11-73.)
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