(1) A person who drives a motor vehicle, bicycle, electrical assisted
bicycle, electric scooter, or low-power scooter in such a manner as
to indicate either a wanton or a willful disregard for the safety
of persons or property is guilty of reckless driving.
(2) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a misdemeanor.
Upon a second or subsequent conviction, such person shall be punished
by a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment
in the County Jail for not less than 10 days nor more than six months,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Ord. 5084, 7-20-22; Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1) A person who drives a motor vehicle, bicycle, electrical assisted
bicycle, electric scooter or low-power scooter in a careless and imprudent
manner, without due regard for the width, grade, curves, corners,
traffic, and use of the streets and highways and all other attendant
circumstances, is guilty of careless driving.
(2)
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2)(b) and (c) of this
section, any person who violates any provision of this section commits
a misdemeanor.
(b) If the person’s actions are the proximate cause of bodily injury
to another, such person commits a misdemeanor.
(c) If the person’s actions are the proximate cause of death to
another, such person commits a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 5084, 7-20-22; Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business
shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire
alarm closer than 500 feet or drive into or park such vehicle within
the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a traffic
infraction.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of the
Fire Department used at any fire, alarm of fire, or practice runs
or laid down on any street, private driveway, or highway without the
consent of the Fire Department official in command. Any person who
violates any provision of this section commits a traffic infraction.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
No person shall occupy a trailer while it is being moved upon
a public highway. Any person who violates any provision of this section
commits a traffic infraction.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
“Splash guards”
means mud flaps, rubber, plastic or fabric aprons, or other
devices directly behind the rearmost wheels, designed to minimize
the spray of water and other substances to the rear.
“Splash guards” must, at a minimum, be wide enough
to cover the full tread of the tire or tires being protected, hang
perpendicular from the vehicle not more than 10 inches above the surface
of the street or highway when the vehicle is empty, and generally
maintain their perpendicular relationship under normal driving conditions.
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(2) Except as otherwise permitted in this section, no vehicle or motor
vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street or highway unless the
vehicle or motor vehicle is equipped with splash guards. However,
vehicles and motor vehicles with splash guards that violate this section
shall be allowed to remain in service for the time necessary to continue
to a place where the deficient splash guards will be replaced. Such
replacement shall occur at the first reasonable opportunity.
(3) This section does not apply to:
(a) Passenger-carrying motor vehicles registered pursuant to §
42-3-306(2) C.R.S.;
(b) Trucks and truck tractors registered pursuant to §
42-3-306(4) or (5) C.R.S. having an empty weight of 10,000 pounds or less;
(c) Trailers equipped with fenders or utility pole trailers;
(d) Vehicles while involved in chip and seal or paving operations or
road widening equipment;
(e) Truck tractors or converter dollies when used in combination with
other vehicles;
(f) Vehicles drawn by animals; or
(g) Bicycles, electric scooters, or electrical assisted bicycles.
(4) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a traffic
infraction.
(Ord. 5084, 7-20-22; Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
It is unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle in
an area owned or under the control of the City, if the City has declared
the operation of motor vehicles to be prohibited in such area. Any
person who violates any provision of this section commits a traffic
infraction.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
(1) Every person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter shall have all of the rights and duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle under this chapter, except as to special regulations in this chapter, except as provided in GFMC 10.04.1412.5, and except as to those provisions which by their nature can have no application. Said riders shall comply with the rules set forth in this section and GJMC §
10.04.221.
(3) No bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter shall
be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which
it is designed or equipped.
(4) No person riding upon any bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or
electric scooter shall attach the same or himself or herself to any
motor vehicle upon a roadway.
(5)
(a) Any person operating a bicycle, an electrical assisted bicycle, or
electric scooter (for this section referred to as “rider”)
upon a roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic shall ride
in the right-hand lane, subject to the following conditions:
(I)
If the right-hand lane then available for traffic is wide enough
to be safely shared with overtaking vehicles, a rider shall ride far
enough to the right as judged safe by the rider to facilitate the
movement of such overtaking vehicles unless other conditions make
it unsafe to do so.
(II)
A rider may use a lane other than the right-hand lane when:
(A)
Preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private
roadway or driveway;
(B)
Overtaking a slower vehicle; or
(C)
Taking reasonably necessary precautions to avoid hazards or
road conditions.
(III)
Upon approaching an intersection where right turns are permitted
and there is a dedicated right-turn lane, a rider may ride on the
left-hand portion of the dedicated right-turn lane even if the rider
does not intend to turn right.
(b) A rider shall not be expected or required to:
(I)
Ride over or through hazards at the edge of a roadway, including
but not limited to fixed or moving objects, parked or moving vehicles,
bicycles, pedestrians, animals, surface hazards, or narrow lanes;
or
(II)
Ride without a reasonable safety margin on the right-hand side
of the roadway.
(c) A person operating a bicycle, an electrical assisted bicycle, or
electric scooter upon a one-way roadway with two or more marked traffic
lanes may ride as near to the left-hand curb or edge of such roadway
as judged safe by the rider, subject to the following conditions:
(I)
If the left-hand lane then available for traffic is wide enough
to be safely shared with overtaking vehicles, a rider shall ride far
enough to the left as judged safe by the rider to facilitate the movement
of such overtaking vehicles unless other conditions make it unsafe
to do so.
(II)
A rider shall not be expected or required to:
(A)
Ride over or through hazards at the edge of a roadway, including
but not limited to fixed or moving objects, parked or moving vehicles,
bicycles, pedestrians, animals, surface hazards, or narrow lanes;
or
(B)
Ride without a reasonable safety margin on the left-hand side
of the roadway.
(6)
(a) Persons riding bicycles, electrical assisted bicycles, or electric
scooters 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.
(b) Persons riding bicycles, electrical assisted bicycles, or electric
scooters two abreast shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement
of traffic and, on a laned roadway, shall ride within a single lane.
(7) A person operating a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric
scooter shall keep at least one hand on the handlebars at all times.
(8)
(a) A person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter intending to turn left shall follow a course described in GJMC §
10.04.901(1),
10.04.903, and
10.04.1007 or may make a left turn in the manner prescribed in subsection (8)(b) of this section.
(b) A person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric
scooter intending to turn left shall approach the turn as closely
as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway. After
proceeding across the intersecting roadway to the far corner of the
curb or intersection of the roadway edges, the rider shall stop, as
much as practicable, out of the way of traffic. After stopping, the
rider shall yield to any traffic proceeding in either direction along
the roadway that the rider had been using. After yielding and complying
with any official traffic control device or police officer regulating
traffic on the highway along which the rider intends to proceed, the
rider may proceed in the new direction.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (8)(a) and (b) of this
section, the City may cause official traffic control devices to be
placed on roadways and thereby require and direct that a specific
course be traveled.
(9)
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (9), every person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter shall signal the intention to turn or stop in accordance with GJMC §
10.04.903; except that a rider may signal a right turn with the right arm extended horizontally.
(b) A signal of intention to turn right or left when required shall be
given continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled
by the bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter before
turning and shall be given while the bicycle, electrical assisted
bicycle, or electric scooter is stopped waiting to turn. A signal
by hand and arm need not be given continuously if the hand is needed
in the control or operation of the bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle,
or electric scooter.
(10)
(a) A person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric
scooter upon and along a sidewalk or pathway or across a roadway upon
and along a crosswalk shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian
and shall give an audible signal before overtaking and passing such
pedestrian. A person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle,
or electric scooter in a crosswalk shall do so in a manner that is
safe for pedestrians.
(b) A person shall not ride a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or
electric scooter upon and along a sidewalk or pathway or across a
roadway upon and along a crosswalk where such use of bicycles, electrical
assisted bicycles, or electric scooters is prohibited by official
traffic control devices or ordinances. A rider shall dismount before
entering any crosswalk where required by official traffic control
devices or ordinances.
(c) A person riding or walking a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter upon and along a sidewalk or pathway or across a roadway upon and along a crosswalk shall have all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances, including, but not limited to, the rights and duties granted and required by GJMC §
10.04.802.
(11)
(a) A person may park a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric
scooter on a sidewalk unless prohibited or restricted by an official
traffic control device or ordinance.
(b) A bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter parked
on a sidewalk shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement
of pedestrian or other traffic.
(c) A bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter may be
parked on the road at any angle to the curb or edge of the road at
any location where parking is allowed.
(d) A bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter may be
parked on the road abreast of another such vehicle(s) near the side
of the road or any location where parking is allowed in such a manner
as does not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.
(e) In all other respects, bicycles, electrical assisted bicycles, or electric scooters parked anywhere on a highway shall conform to Chapter
10.08 GJMC regulating the parking of vehicles.
(12)
(a) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a misdemeanor;
except that §
42-2-127,
C.R.S. shall not apply.
(b) Any person riding a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter who violates any provision of this chapter and Chapter
10.14 GJMC other than this section which is applicable to such a vehicle and for which a penalty is specified shall be subject to the same specified penalty as any other vehicle; except that §
42-2-127,
C.R.S. shall not apply.
(13) Upon request, the Police Department shall complete a report concerning
an injury or death incident that involves a bicycle, electrical assisted
bicycle, or electric scooter on the roadways of the State, even if
such accident does not involve a motor vehicle.
(14)
(a)
(I)
A person may ride a class 1 or class 2 electrical assisted bicycle
or electric scooter on a bike or pedestrian path where bicycles are
authorized to travel.
(II)
The City may prohibit the operation of a class 1 or class 2
electrical assisted bicycle or electric scooter on a bike or pedestrian
path.
(15)
(a) A person under 16 years of age shall not ride a class 3 electrical
assisted bicycle upon any street, highway, or bike or pedestrian path;
except that a person under 16 years of age may ride as a passenger
on a class 3 electrical assisted bicycle that is designed to accommodate
passengers.
(b) A person shall not operate or ride as a passenger on a class 3 electrical
assisted bicycle unless:
(I)
Each person under 18 years of age is wearing a protective helmet
of a type and design manufactured for use by operators of bicycles;
(II)
The protective helmet conforms to the design and specifications
set forth by the United States consumer product safety commission
or the American Society for Testing and Materials; and
(III)
The protective helmet is secured properly on the person’s
head with a chin strap while the class 3 electrical assisted bicycle
is in motion.
(c) A violation of subsection (15)(b) of this section does not constitute
negligence or negligence per se in the context of any civil personal
injury claim or lawsuit seeking damages.
(Ord. 5084, 7-20-22; Ord. 5076, 6-1-22; Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
Any operator of a motor vehicle who the officer has reasonable
grounds to believe has violated a State law or municipal ordinance,
who has received a visual or audible signal such as a red light or
a siren from a police officer driving a marked vehicle showing the
same to be an official police, sheriff, or Colorado State Patrol car
directing the operator to bring the operator’s vehicle to a
stop, and who willfully increases his or her speed or extinguishes
his or her lights in an attempt to elude such police officer, or willfully
attempts in any other manner to elude the police officer, or does
elude such police officer commits a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on a side available
to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so
and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic;
nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a vehicle available
to moving traffic for a period of time longer than necessary to load
or unload passengers.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)
The driver of a vehicle, whether on public property or private
property which is used by the general public for parking purposes,
shall not start moving a vehicle from a stopped, standing or parked
position unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable
safety.
(Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)