No person shall operate any bicycle after sunset
and before sunrise without a headlight, which shall at all times be
lit, and a rear reflector.
No person shall ride upon the handlebars of
any bicycle or motorcycle.
A.
The word "bicycle" shall be defined as a vehicle consisting
of two wheels arranged in tandem or having more than two wheels, united
by a frame with a rider's seat upon it, propelled by the feet of the
operator or rider acting on pedals connected with one of the two axles
and steered by a handlebar guiding the direction of the front wheel.
B.
When two or more persons in a group are operating
bicycles in a roadway, they shall ride in single file.
C.
No person operating a bicycle shall cling or attach
himself or the bicycle to any other moving vehicle.
D.
A person propelling a bicycle shall not ride other
than upon or astride a permanent and regular seat attached thereto.
E.
No bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at
one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped with
seats.
F.
The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley,
driveway, garage, or a private walkway, intersecting street, or otherwise
driving onto or across a public sidewalk or onto or across a public
sidewalk line projecting across a street or alley shall first, and
immediately prior, stop the bicycle, and shall exercise extreme care
in making such movements.
G.
No person shall operate a bicycle while under the
influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, or while physically or
mentally unfit to operate safely the same.
H.
No bicycle shall be operated within the period from
sunset to sunrise without having a properly lighted headlight attached
to the front of the bicycle, visible under normal atmospheric conditions
from the front thereof for a distance of not less than 500 feet, or
without having a red light or reflector attached to the rear of the
bicycle, which light or reflector is clearly visible in the headlight
beam of a motor vehicle for a distance of not less than 300 feet to
the rear of the bicycle.
I.
No person shall operate a bicycle which is not in
such mechanical condition that it can be operated safely.
J.
All bicycles when operated on roadways, streets, thoroughfares
or other public ways within the corporate limits of the Town of Milton
shall be kept to the right and shall be operated as near as practicable
to the right-hand edge of the public way.
K.
Each bicycle shall be equipped with a signaling device
in good working order and audible at a distance of 50 feet when sounded.
L.
No bicycle shall be operated faster than is reasonable.
Every bicycle shall be operated with reasonable regard to the safety
of the rider and of other persons and property on the public ways
and the sidewalks adjoining same.
M.
Every person operating a bicycle shall observe strictly
all traffic signs and signals and all other traffic rules and regulations
applicable thereto and shall obey the orders and directions of every
officer of the Town of Milton authorized to regulate traffic.
N.
No person shall, while operating a bicycle, indulge
or engage in any kind of trickery or unsafe driving.
O.
The operator of a bicycle on a public way, when making
a right turn, shall follow the right-hand edge of the public way,
when making a left turn, shall approach the point of turning in the
traffic lane nearest the center of the roadway or the side of the
public way in which the turn is to be made.
P.
No operator of a bicycle shall start, slow down, stop
or attempt to turn without first indicating such movement.
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof before a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined not
less than $50 nor more than $100 and shall pay the costs of prosecution.
