(a) Applicability. 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 roadway within this City or upon any path set aside for the use of bicycles.
(b) Violations; No Points to be Assessed. Except as provided in division (d) of this section, a bicycle operator or electric bicycle operator who violates any provisions of this Traffic Code described in division (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 ORC 4510.036.
(c) Court-Ordered Bicycling Skills Course. Except as provided in division (d) of this section, in the case of a violation of any provision of this Traffic Code described in division (a) of this section by a bicycle operator, electric bicycle operator, or by a motor vehicle operator when the trier of fact finds that the violation by the motor vehicle operator endangered the lives of 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 this Traffic Code for that violation.
(d) Exception. Divisions (b) and (c) of this section do not apply to violations of ORC 4511.19, or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.
(ORC 4511.52)