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CHAPTER 303
Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
303.01   Compliance with lawful order of police officer; fleeing.
303.02   Traffic direction in emergencies; obedience to school guard.
303.03   Officer may remove ignition key.
303.04   Road workers, motor vehicles and equipment excepted.
303.05   Application to persons riding, driving animals upon roadway.
303.06   Freeway use prohibited by pedestrians, bicycles, pedicabs and animals.
303.07   Application to drivers of government vehicles.
303.08   Impounding of vehicles; redemption.
303.98    Civil penalties for traffic law photo-monitoring device violations.
303.99   Traffic Code misdemeanor classifications and penalties; fines.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   See sectional histories for similar State law
   Disposition of unclaimed vehicles - see Ohio R.C. 737.32, 4513.62 et seq.
   Citations for minor misdemeanors - see Ohio R.C. 2935.26 et seq.
   Power of trial court of record to suspend or revoke license for certain violations - see Ohio R.C. 4507.16, 4507.34
   State point system suspension - see Ohio R.C. 4507.40
   Uniform application of Ohio Traffic Law - see Ohio R.C. 4511.06
   Marking motor vehicles used by traffic officers - see Ohio R.C. 4549.13
   Distinctive uniform required for traffic officers - see Ohio R.C. 4549.15
   Exceptions for emergency or public safety vehicles - see TRAF. 331.18, 333.05
   Towing services - see BUS. REG. Ch. 765
303.01. Compliance with lawful order of police officer; fleeing.
   (a)   No person shall fail to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer invested with authority to direct, control or regulate traffic.
   (b)   No person shall operate a motor vehicle so as to willfully elude or flee a police officer after receiving a visible or audible signal from a police officer to bring his motor vehicle to a stop.
(ORC 4511.02)
303.02. Traffic direction in emergencies; obedience to school guard.
   (a)   Police officers shall direct or regulate traffic in accordance with the provisions of this Traffic Code, provided that, in the event of fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or safeguard pedestrians, they are authorized to direct traffic as conditions may require notwithstanding the provisions of this Traffic Code. Firemen, when at the scene of a fire, may direct or assist the police in directing traffic thereat or in the immediate vicinity. The direction of traffic may be by word or audible signal, by gesture or visible signal or by any combination thereof. No person shall fail to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer or fireman issued pursuant to this section.
   (b)   No person shall fail to comply with any lawful order or direction of any school crossing guard invested with authority to direct, control or regulate traffic in the vicinity of the school to which such guard may be assigned.
303.03. Officer may remove ignition key.
   A police officer may remove the ignition key left in the ignition switch of an unlocked and unattended motor vehicle parked on a street or highway, or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking. The officer removing such key shall place notification upon the vehicle detailing his name and badge number, the place where such key may be reclaimed and the procedure for reclaiming such key. The key shall be returned to the owner of the motor vehicle upon presentation of proof of ownership.
(ORC 4549.05)
303.04. Road workers, motor vehicles and equipment excepted.
   The provisions of this Traffic Code do not apply to persons, teams, motor vehicles and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon the surface of a street or highway within an area designated by traffic control devices, but apply to such persons and vehicles when traveling to or from such work.
   The drivers of snow plows, traffic line stripers, road sweepers, mowing machines, tar distributing vehicles and other vehicles utilized in snow and ice removal or road surface maintenance, while engaged in work upon a street or highway, provided such vehicles are equipped with, flashing lights and such other markings as are required by law, and such lights are in operation when the vehicles are so engaged shall be exempt from criminal prosecution for violations of Sections 331.01 to 331.04, inclusive, 331.06 to 331.08, inclusive, 331.29, 333.04 and Ohio R.C. 4511.66. Such exemption shall not apply to such drivers when their vehicles are not so engaged. This section shall not exempt a driver of such equipment from civil liability arising from the violation of the sections referred to herein.
(ORC 4511.04)
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