(A) Definition. For the purpose of this schedule, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"VULNERABLE ROAD USER." A pedestrian, including, but not limited to, a runner, person with a disability, a child, person leading an animal, stranded motorist or passenger, highway construction or maintenance worker, a tow truck operator, a person on horseback, utility worker, a person operating a motorcycle, moped, motor-driven cycle or motor-assisted scooter, a person engaged in the provision of emergency services within the right-of-way, or a person operating equipment other than a motor vehicle, including, but not limited to, a bicycle, electric bicycle, tricycle, or a skateboard; roller skates; a scooter; electric personal assistive mobility device; or a horse-driven conveyance or unprotected farm equipment.
(B) An operator of a motor vehicle passing a vulnerable road user operating on a highway or street shall pass the vulnerable road user at a distance of at least three feet for motor vehicles in accordance with Schedule IX. Overtaking and Passing of Vehicles.
(C) An operator of a motor vehicle who is making a turn at an intersection, including an intersection with an alley or private road or driveway, shall yield the right-of-way to a vulnerable road user who is traveling in the opposite direction of the motor vehicle and who is approaching or close enough to the intersection as to be an immediate hazard.
(D) An operator of a motor vehicle may not overtake a vulnerable road user traveling in the same direction and subsequently make a turn in front of the vulnerable road user unless the operator is safely clear of the vulnerable road user, taking into account the speed at Which the vulnerable road user is traveling and the braking requirements of the motor vehicle making the turn.
(E) An operator of a motor vehicle may not stop, stand or park a vehicle. except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the law or the directions of a police officer or traffic control device, in a bicycle lane, multi-use path, cycle track or other area designated for bicycles.
(F) Anyone operating a motor vehicle, bicycle or other method of conveyance upon a roadway must yield to anyone legally using a crosswalk.
(G) An operator of a motor vehicle may not operate the vehicle in a manner that is intended to intimidate, threaten or harass a vulnerable road user.
(H) No person while stopping, standing, or parking a motor vehicle on or next to a highway, street, or alley shall do either of the following:
(1) Open the door of the motor vehicle, unless it is reasonably safe to do so and can be done without interfering with the movement of traffic and pedestrians and bicycles traveling on sidewalks, shoulders, or bicycle lanes; or
(2) Cause a door to remain open on the side of the motor vehicle for a period longer than necessary to load or unload passengers or items.
(I) A person operating a bicycle upon a street or highway at less than the normal speed of traffic shall ride in the right-hand lane of the street or highway subject to the following:
(1) If the right-hand lane is wide enough to be safely shared with overtaking vehicles, a person operating a bicycle shall ride far enough to the right as judged safe by the bicyclist to facilitate the movement of such overtaking vehicles.
(2) If the right-hand lane is wide enough to be safely shared with overtaking vehicles, a person operating a bicycle shall ride far enough to the right as judged safe by the bicyclist to facilitate the movement of such overtaking vehicles.
(3) A person operating a bicycle may use a lane other than the right-hand lane when:
(a) Overtaking or passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction;
(b) Preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway;
(c) Reasonably necessary to avoid conditions, including, but not limited to: fixed or moving objects, parked or moving vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, animals, surface hazards, or lanes that are too narrow for a bicycle and a motor vehicle to travel
safely side by side within such lanes;
(d) Approaching an intersection where right turns are permitted and there is a dedicated right turn lane, in which case a bicyclist may ride on the left-hand side of such dedicated lane, even if the bicyclist does not intend to turn right;
(e) Riding on a roadway designated for one-way traffic, when the bicyclist may ride as near to the left-hand curb or edge of such roadway as judged safe by the bicyclist; or
(f) A person operating a bicycle or other authorized vehicle in a bicycle lane, multi-use path, cycle track or other area designated for bicycles, shall have the same rights to cross an intersecting street or highway as does an operator of a motor vehicle
who comes upon the same intersection, subject to the following:
1. If a pedestrian crosswalk signal exists within a bicycle lane, multi-use path, cycle track or other area designated for bicycles, a person operating a bicycle in that lane, path, track, or area shall obey the crosswalk signal.
(J) Vulnerable road users must observe the State of Indiana and town motor vehicle laws
(Ord. 20-04, passed 5-15-20)