Ohio Admin. Code 3335-21-13 - Bicycles, motorized bicycles and toy vehicles

(A) Application of rules regulations to bicycles. The provisions of these rules regulations this chapter that are applicable to bicycles shall apply whenever a bicycle is operated upon a street or roadway or upon a path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles, subject to the exceptions stated in this rule regulation.

(1) Every person riding a bicycle upon a street or roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle governed by these rules regulations, this chapter except for special rules and regulations and except for those provisions of these rules regulations this chapter which by their nature can have no application.

(2) Any person operating a bicycle shall obey the instructions of official traffic control signals, signs and other control devices applicable to vehicles or pedestrians, unless otherwise directed by a law enforcement officer, traffic control officer, hospital and campus security officer, or public safety or transportation and parking personnel or student traffic officer.

(3) Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right, left or "U" turn is permitted, no person operating a bicycle shall disobey the directions 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 rules regulations applicable to pedestrians.

(B) Registration:; application form.

(1) A person riding or propelling a bicycle upon university property, grounds, streets or roadways, or parking such bicycle upon university property, should register such bicycle with transportation and parking services upon application for registration as provided in this rule the department of public safety.

(2) Application of bicycle registration and a decal or sticker shall be made upon a form provided by the department and shall be made to its director or designee.

(C) Issuance of registration.

(1) Transportation and parking services, upon receiving a proper application therefor, is hereby authorized to issue a bicycle decal or sticker.

(2) The department shall not issue a decal or sticker for any bicycle when there are reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant is not the owner of or entitled to the possession of such bicycle.

(3) The department shall keep a record of the number of each decal or sticker, the date it is issued, the name and address of the person to whom it is issued, and the number of the frame of the bicycle for which it is issued.

(D) Attachment and removal of decals or stickers.

(1) Transportation and parking services, upon receiving a bicycle registration, shall issue a decal or sticker bearing the registration number assigned to the bicycle and the name of the university.

(2) The registrant shall cause such decal or sticker to be firmly attached to the frame of the bicycle for which it is issued, per instructions printed on the back of the decal or sticker, in such position as to be plainly visible.

(3) No person shall remove a decal or sticker from a bicycle except if the decal or sticker expires, upon transfer of ownership or if the bicycle is dismantled and no longer operated upon a university street or roadway.

(E) Sale or transfer of registered bicycles. Upon the sale or other transfer of a registered bicycle, the registrant shall remove the decal or sticker and shall surrender the same to transportation and parking services.

(F) Records of bicycle registration. Transportation and parking services shall maintain bicycle registration records for a period of five years.

(G) Riding on bicycles.

(1) A person propelling a bicycle shall not ride other than astride a permanent and regular seat attached thereto.

(2) No bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped.

(H) (C) Riding on streets, roadways, bicycle paths and grounds.

(1) Every person operating a bicycle upon a street or roadway shall ride as near to the right side of the street or roadway as practical, exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction.

(2) Every person operating a bicycle upon university streets, roadways, bicycle paths or grounds shall at all times operate such bicycle with due regard to his or her own safety and the safety of other persons legally upon such streets, roadways, bicycle paths or grounds.

(3) Every person operating a bicycle upon university streets, roadways, bicycle paths or grounds shall yield the right of way to pedestrians on crosswalks and sidewalks.

(4) Every person operating a bicycle upon a bicycle pathway shall yield the right of way at designated yield signs or markings.

(5) Every person operating a bicycle upon university property or grounds shall be restricted to bicycle paths in those areas of the campus where such paths exist.

(6) Wherever a usable path for bicycles has been provided adjacent to a street or roadway, bicycle riders shall use such path and shall not use the street or roadway.

(I) Speed. No person shall operate a bicycle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing.

(J) Emerging from alley or driveway. The operator of a bicycle emerging from an alley or driveway shall, upon approaching a sidewalk or a sidewalk area extending across such alley or driveway, yield the right of way to all pedestrians approaching on such sidewalk or sidewalk area, and upon entering the street or roadway shall yield the right of way to all vehicles approaching on such street or roadway.

(K) Carrying articles. No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle or article which prevents the operator from keeping at least one hand upon the handlebars as set forth in section 4511.53 of the Revised Code.

(L) (D) Parking. No person shall park a bicycle other than in a bicycle rack or designated bicycle parking area.

(M) (E) Riding on sidewalks Signage.

(1) No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk unless such sidewalk or parts thereof are properly marked and designated as bike paths.

(2) Transportation and parking services The university is hereby authorized to erect signs on any sidewalk, street or roadway prohibiting the riding of bicycles thereon by any person and when such signs are in place no person shall disobey the same.

(N) Lights, signal devices, brakes on bicycles.

(1) Every bicycle when in use at nighttime shall emit a white light visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the front and with a red reflector on the rear of a type approved by the Ohio director of public safety that shall be visible from all distances from one hundred feet to six hundred feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful lower beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle and a lamp emitting a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear shall 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 one hundred 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 an adequate brake when used on a street or highway as set forth in section 4511.56 of the Revised Code.

(O) (F) Use of coasterss kateboards, roller skates, roller blades, skateboards coasters, or similar devices. Persons using skateboards, roller skates, roller blades, coasters, or any similar device on university premises are limited to riding upon sidewalks and crosswalks and must yield the right of way to pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists. The use of skateboards, roller skates, roller blades, coasters, or any similar device is prohibited in all other areas, including without limitation, upon roadways or bicycle paths; inside any university building; in any parking lot, garage, or construction area; or upon site furniture, architectural elements, walls, steps, ramps, or site improvements.

(P) Attaching bicycles, motorcycles to other vehicles. No person riding upon any motorcycle, bicycle, coaster, roller skates, roller blades, skateboards, sled, or toy vehicle shall attach the same or himself or herself to any vehicle upon a roadway. No operator shall knowingly permit any person riding upon any motorcycle, bicycle, coaster, roller skates, roller blades, skateboards, sled or toy vehicle to attach the same or himself or herself to any vehicle while it is moving upon a roadway. This paragraph does not apply to the towing of a disabled vehicle as set forth in section 4511.54 of the Revised Code.

(Q) (G) Notices of violation. The operator of a bicycle in violation of any of the provisions of these rulesregulations this chapter may be issued a notice of violation by transportation and parking services or a law enforcement officer or a hospital and campus security officer of the university.

(R) (H) Impounding of bicycles, skateboards, roller skates, roller blades, coasters or similar devices. Any bicycle, skateboard, roller skate, roller blade, coaster, or similar device used in violation of any of the provisions of these rulesregulations this chapter may be impounded by and held in the custody of transportation and the university or the parking services operator until there is final disposition of all issued notices of violation. Any impounded bicycle, skateboard, roller skate, roller blade, coaster, or similar device held in custody by the department university or parking operator for longer than ninety consecutive days may be disposed of through an approved university process. A bicycle, skateboard, roller skate, roller blade, coaster, or similar device that the university or the parking operator has determined has been abandoned may be impounded by the university or the parking operator after it has been tagged for removal.

(S) Operation of motorized bicycles. No person shall operate a motorized bicycle upon a street or roadway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular traffic or parking, unless both of the following conditions are met:

(1) The person is fourteen years of age or older and holds either a valid operator's license issued under Chapter 4507 of the Revised Code or a valid motorized bicycle license issued after the person has passed the test provided by the Ohio director of public safety.

(2) The motorized bicycle is equipped in accordance with the rules adopted and promulgated by the Ohio director of public safety pursuant to section 4511.52.1 of the Revised Code.

Replaces: 3335-21-18

Notes

Ohio Admin. Code 3335-21-13

Effective: 8/3/2012
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 111.15
Rule Amplifies: 3335.08
Prior Effective Dates: 3/13/78, 11/19/78, 8/2/82, 10/18/99, 7/1/03