1.
It is an offense for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to
perform any act required in this article.
2.
The parent of any child and the guardian of any ward shall not authorize
or knowingly permit any such child or ward to violate any of the provisions
of this article.
3.
These regulations applicable to bicycles shall apply whenever a bicycle
is operated upon any highway or upon any path set aside for the exclusive
use of bicycles subject to the exceptions stated herein.
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 section and except as to those provisions of laws
and ordinances which by their nature can have no application.
1.
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.
2.
Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right or
left or U-turn is permitted, no person operating a bicycle shall disobey
the direction of any such sign, except where such person dismounts
from the bicycle to make any such turn, in which event such person
shall then obey the regulations applicable to pedestrians.
1.
Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway 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.
2.
Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway shall not ride more than two
abreast except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive
use of bicycles.
3.
Wherever a usable path for bicycles has been provided adjacent to
a roadway, bicycle riders shall use such path and shall not use the
roadway.
No person shall operate a bicycle at a speed greater than is
reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing.
The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley, driveway or
building shall, upon approaching a sidewalk or the 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.
No persons operating a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle
or article which prevents the rider from keeping at least one hand
upon the handlebars.
No person shall park a bicycle upon a street other than upon
the roadway against the curb or upon the sidewalk in a rack to support
the bicycle or against a building or at the curb in such manner as
to afford the least obstruction to pedestrian traffic.
1.
No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk, other than those
specifically designated bicycle routes.
2.
The City Commission is authorized to have erected signs on any sidewalk
or roadway permitting the riding of bicycles thereon by any person;
and when such signs are in place, no person shall disobey the same.
1.
Every bicycle in use at nighttime shall be equipped with a lamp on
the front which shall emit a white light visible from a distance of
at least 300 feet to the front and with a red reflector on the rear
of type which shall be visible from all distances from 50 feet to
300 feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful upper beams
of headlamps on a motor vehicle. A lamp emitting a red light visible
from a distance of 300 feet to the rear may be used in addition to
the red reflector.
2.
No person shall operate a bicycle unless it is equipped with a bell
or other device capable of giving a signal audible for a distance
of at least 100 feet, except that a bicycle shall not be equipped
with nor shall any person use upon a bicycle any siren or whistle.
3.
Every bicycle shall be equipped with a brake which will enable the
operator to make the braked wheel skid on dry, level, clean pavement.
