[Code 1964, § 17-6]
No person upon roller skates or riding in or by means of any
coaster, skateboard, toy vehicle or similar device shall go upon any
roadway except while crossing a street on a crosswalk, and when so
crossing the person shall be granted all of the rights and shall be
subject to all of the duties applicable to pedestrians. This section
shall not apply upon any street while set aside as a play street as
authorized by ordinance of this City.
[Code 1964, § 6-1]
(a)
The parent of any child or the guardian of any ward shall not
authorize or knowingly permit any child or ward to violate any of
the provisions of this division.
(b)
The provisions of this division applicable to bicycles shall
apply whenever a bicycle is operated upon any street or upon any public
path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles, subject to those
exceptions stated in this division.
[Code 1964, § 6-9]
Every person engaged in the business of buying or selling new
or secondhand bicycles shall make a report to the Chief of Police
of every bicycle purchased or sold by the dealer, giving the name
and address of the person from whom purchased or to whom sold, a description
of the bicycle by name or make, the frame number of the bicycle and
the number plate, if any, found on the bicycle.
[Code 1964, § 6-10]
Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway shall be granted
all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable
to the driver of a vehicle by the laws of this state declaring rules
of the road applicable to vehicles or by the traffic ordinances of
this City applicable to the driver of a vehicle, except as to special
regulations in this division and except as to those provisions of
laws and ordinances which, by their nature, can have no application.
[Code 1964, § 6-11]
(a)
Any person operating a bicycle shall obey the instructions of
official traffic control signals, signs and other control devices
applicable to vehicles unless otherwise directed by a police officer.
(b)
Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right,
left or U-turn is permitted, no person operating a bicycle shall disobey
the direction of any turn sign except where the person dismounts from
the bicycle to make any turn, in which event the person shall then
obey the regulations applicable to pedestrians.
[Code 1964, § 6-12]
[Code 1964, § 6-13]
No person shall operate a bicycle at a speed greater than is
reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing.
[Code 1964, § 6-14]
The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley, driveway or
building shall, upon approaching a sidewalk area extending across
any alleyway, yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians approaching
on the sidewalk or sidewalk area and, upon entering the roadway, shall
yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the roadway.
[Code 1964, § 6-15]
No person shall park a bicycle upon a street other than upon
the roadway against the curb, upon the sidewalk in a rack to support
the bicycle or against a building or at the curb in a manner to afford
the least obstruction to pedestrian traffic.
[Code 1964, § 6-16]
