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Any person operating a bicycle shall:
(a) (EDITOR'S NOTE: Division (a) was repealed as part of the 1979 updating and revision of these Codified Ordinances. See Section 373.04.)
(b) Obey the instructions of official traffic control devices applicable to vehicles, unless otherwise directed by a police officer;
(c) Before changing course, turning or stopping upon a roadway, exercise due care that the movement can be made with reasonable safety and give the hand and arm signals required by Section 331.15;
(d) Yield the right-of-way to pedestrian and vehicular traffic upon the roadway as lawfully required;
(e) Yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian upon a sidewalk;
(f) Give timely and audible signal before overtaking and passing a pedestrian upon a roadway or sidewalk.
No person shall operate a bicycle:
(a) Without due regard for the safety and rights of pedestrians and drivers and occupants of all other vehicles, and so as to endanger the life, limb or property of any person while in the lawful use of the streets or sidewalks or any other public or private property;
(b) Without exercising reasonable and ordinary control over such bicycle;
(c) In a weaving or zigzag course, unless such irregular course is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law;
(d) Without both hands upon the handle grips, except when necessary to give the required hand and arm signals;
(e) At a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing.
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