[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Islip 8-11-64.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Traffic Violations Bureau — See Ch. 53.
This ordinance, applicable to bicycles, shall apply whenever a bicycle
is operated on any street or upon any highway or upon any sidewalk or any
place where pedestrians walk.
Every person operating a bicycle upon a highway or road dedicated or
otherwise shall operate the same in strict observance of all laws applicable
to such vehicles and the use thereof and in compliance with all rules of the
road applicable to the operation of such vehicles and in compliance with all
traffic ordinances except as to those provisions of laws and ordinances which
by their nature can have no application.
The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley, driveway or building
shall, upon approaching a sidewalk, yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians
approaching on said sidewalk.
No person shall stand, park or otherwise place in a position or temporary
storage a bicycle upon the highway or street or upon the sidewalk or against
any building at the sidewalk in such manner which shall obstruct pedestrian
or vehicular traffic.
A.
No person shall operate a bicycle at nighttime unless
it shall be equipped with a lamp on the front which shall emit a white light
visible at least five hundred (500) feet to the front, with a red reflector
on the rear which shall be visible from all distances fifty (50) to three
hundred (300) feet from the rear when directly in front of lawful beams of
headlights on a motor vehicle. A red light or lamp visible to the rear may
be used in addition to the red reflector.
B.
No person shall operate a bicycle unless it is equipped
with a bell or other sound-making device capable of giving a signal audible
for a distance of at least one hundred (100) feet. No bicycle shall be equipped
with any siren or whistle.
The parent of the child or the guardian of any ward shall not authorize
or knowingly permit any such child or ward to violate any of the provisions
of this ordinance.
Any person or persons violating any provision of this ordinance shall
be guilty of an offense and shall forfeit and pay a fine not to exceed fifteen
dollars ($15.) for each and every offense.
This ordinance is to take effect and be in force on and after August
31, 1964.
