(A) No person shall operate a bicycle on a street or highway within the municipality with another person on the handlebars or in any position in front of the operator. No bicycle shall be operated faster than is reasonable and proper, but every bicycle shall be operated with reasonable regard to the safety of the operator and any other persons upon the streets and highways. Persons operating bicycles shall observe all traffic signs and stop at all stop signs. No bicycle shall be operated on any street or highway from sunset to sunrise without a headlight visible from the front thereof for not less than 500 feet on a clear night and a red reflector on the rear of a type which shall be visible on a clear night from all distances between 100 feet and 600 feet to the rear when directly in from of lawful lower beams of headlights on a motor vehicle. A red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear may be used in addition to such red reflector.
(B) Any person who operates a bicycle upon a street or highway shall not ride more than single file except on parts of streets or highways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
(C) Any person who operates a bicycle upon a roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under conditions then existing shall ride as near to the right-hand curb or right-hand edge of the roadway as practicable except when:
(1) Overtaking and passing another bicycle or vehicle proceeding in the same direction;
(2) Preparing for a left turn onto a private road or driveway or at an intersection;
(3) Reasonably necessary to avoid conditions that make it unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or right-hand edge of the roadway, including fixed or moving objects, stopped or moving vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, animals or surface hazards;
(4) Riding upon a lane of substandard width which is too narrow for a bicycle and a vehicle to travel safely by side within the lane; or
(5) Lawfully operating a bicycle on the paved shoulders of a highway included in the state highway system as provided in Neb. RS 60-6,142.
(D) Any person who operates a bicycle upon a roadway with a posted speed limit of 35 mph or less on which traffic is restricted to one direction of movement and which has two or more marked traffic lanes may ride as near to the left-hand curb or left-hand edge of the roadway as practicable. Whenever a person operating a bicycle leaves the roadway to ride on the paved shoulder or leaves the paved shoulder to enter the roadway, the person shall clearly signal his or her intention and yield the right-of-way to all other vehicles. No person shall park a bicycle on any sidewalk unless a bicycle stand is located on said sidewalk. No person shall operate a bicycle on the sidewalks within the business district.
(Prior Code, § 5-501) (Ord. 654, passed 9-6-1994) Penalty, see § 73.999
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Neb. RS 60-6,315, 60-6,317 and 60-6,318