[Ord. No. 1040, § 1, 2-2-1978]
As used in this article, the word "bicycle" shall mean every
vehicle propelled solely by human power upon which any person may
ride, having two (2) tandem wheels, except scooters and similar devices.
[Ord. No. 1040, § 2, 2-2-1978]
Every bicycle shall be equipped with a brake or brakes which
will enable its driver to stop the bicycle within twenty-five (25)
feet from a speed of ten (10) miles per hour on dry, level, clean
pavement.
[Ord. No. 1040, § 3, 2-2-1978]
Every bicycle when in use on a street or highway during the
period from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise
shall be equipped with the following:
(1)
A front-facing lamp on the front or carried by the rider which shall
emit a white light visible at night under normal atmospheric conditions
on a straight, level, unlighted roadway at five hundred (500) feet;
(2)
A rear-facing red reflector, at least two (2) square inches in reflective
surface area, on the rear which shall be visible at night under normal
atmospheric conditions on a straight, level, unlighted roadway when
viewed by a vehicle driver under the lower beams of vehicle headlights
at six hundred (600) feet;
(3)
Essentially colorless or amber reflectors on both the front and rear
surfaces of all pedals. Each pedal reflector shall be recessed below
the plane of the pedal or reflector housing. Each reflector shall
be at least ninety-one-hundredths square inches in projected effective
reflex area, and must be visible at night under normal atmospheric
conditions on a straight, level, unlighted roadway when viewed by
a vehicle driver under the lawful lower beams of vehicle headlights
at two hundred (200) feet; and
(4)
A side-facing essentially colorless or amber reflector visible on
each side of the wheel mounted on the wheel spokes of the front wheel
within three (3) inches of the inside of the wheel rim and a side-facing
essentially colorless or red reflector mounted on the wheel spokes
of the rear wheel within three (3) inches of the inside of the wheel
rim, or continuous retroreflective material on each side of both tires
which shall be at least three-sixteenths of an inch wide. All such
reflectors or retroreflective tire sidewalls shall be visible at night
under normal atmospheric conditions on a straight, level, unlighted
roadway when viewed by a vehicle driver under the lawful lower beams
of vehicle headlights at three hundred (300) feet.
[Ord. No. 1040, § 4, 2-2-1978]
Every person riding a bicycle upon a street or highway shall
be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties
applicable to the driver of a vehicle as provided by Chapter 304,
Revised Statutes of Missouri, except as to special regulations in
this article and except as to those provisions of Chapter 304, Revised
Statutes of Missouri, which by their nature can have no application.
[Ord. No. 1040, § 5, 2-2-1978]
(a)
Every person operating a bicycle upon a street or highway shall ride
as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable, exercising
due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the
same direction.
(b)
Wherever a usable path for bicycles practical for sustained riding
for transportation purposes has been officially designated adjacent
to a street or highway, bicycle riders shall use such path and shall
not use the street or highway.
[Ord. No. 1040, § 6, 2-2-1978]
Any person seventeen (17) years of age or older who violates
any provision of this article shall upon conviction thereof, be guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five
($25.00). If any person under seventeen (17) years of age violates
any provision of this article in the presence of a police officer
of the city, such police officer may impound the bicycle involved
for a period not to exceed five (5) days issuance of a receipt to
the child riding it or to its owner.
