373.01 Code application to bicycles and motorized bicycles.
373.02 Motorized bicycle operations and license.
373.03 Riding upon seats; use of handle bars.
373.04 Safety glasses and helmets.
373.05 Attaching bicycle or motorized bicycle to other vehicle.
373.06 Riding bicycles, motorized bicycles and motorcycles abreast.
373.07 Signal devices on bicycles and motorized bicycles.
373.08 Lights and reflectors; brakes.
373.09 Riding bicycles and motorized bicycles on right side of roadway; traffic control devices; hand and arm signals; yield right of way.
373.10 Speed, reckless operation and control.
373.11 Parking of bicycles and motorized bicycles.
373.12 Riding on sidewalks.
373.13 Paths exclusively for bicycles.
373.14 Electric bicycles.
CROSS REFERENCES
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Bicycle defined - see TRAF. 301.04(a)
Motorized bicycle defined - see TRAF. 301.04(b)
Motorcycle defined - see TRAF. 301.19
Freeway use prohibited - see TRAF. 303.06(b)
Motorcycle headlight - see TRAF. 337.03
Brakes required - see TRAF. 337.18(b)
Motorized bicycle equipment - see OAC Ch. 4501-23
(a) The provisions of this Traffic Code that are applicable to bicycles and electric bicycles apply whenever a bicycle or electric bicycle is operated upon any street or upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a bicycle operator or electric bicycle operator who violates any section of this Traffic Code described in subsection (a) of this section that is applicable to bicycles or electric bicycles may be issued a ticket, citation or summons by a law enforcement officer for the violation in the same manner as the operator of a motor vehicle would be cited for the same violation. A person who commits any such violation while operating a bicycle or electric bicycle shall not have any points assessed against the person’s driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary instruction permit, or probationary license under Ohio R.C. 4510.036.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, in the case of a violation of any section of this Traffic Code described in subsection (a) of this section by a bicycle operator, electric bicycle operator, or motor vehicle operator when the trier of fact finds that the violation by the motor vehicle operator endangered the lives of bicycle riders or electric bicycle riders at the time of the violation, the court, notwithstanding any provision of this Traffic Code to the contrary, may require the bicycle operator, electric bicycle operator or motor vehicle operator to take and successfully complete a bicycling skills course approved by the court in addition to or in lieu of any penalty otherwise prescribed by the Traffic Code for that violation.
(d) Subsections (b) and (c) of this section do not apply to violations of Section 333.01 of this Traffic Code. (ORC 4511.52)
(e) The provisions of this Traffic Code which are applicable to motorized bicycles apply whenever a motorized bicycle is operated upon any street.
(Ord. 83-83. Passed 10-11-83.)
(f) The provisions of this chapter shall apply both to bicycles, motorized bicycles and electric bicycles except those provisions which by their nature are inapplicable to one or the other.
(a) No person shall operate a motorized bicycle upon a street, highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking unless the person is fourteen years of age or older and holds either a valid motor vehicular operator's license or a valid motorized bicycle license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507.
(b) No person shall permit the operation of a motorized bicycle upon any public or private property used by the public for the purposes of vehicular travel or parking knowing that such operator does not have a valid license as an operator of a motor vehicle or of a motorized bicycle issued to such operator by the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles under Ohio R.C. 4507.
(Ord. 83-83. Passed 10-11-83.)
(c) No person shall operate a motorized bicycle upon any street or highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, unless the motorized bicycle displays on the rear of such bicycle the current license plate or validation sticker furnished by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety under Ohio R.C. 4503.191.
(ORC 4511.521)
(d) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
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