(F)(6) Designating any highway as a through highway and | 26 |
requiring that all vehicles, trackless trolleys, and streetcars | 27 |
stop before entering or crossing a through highway, or
designating | 28 |
any intersection as a stop intersection and requiring
all | 29 |
vehicles, trackless trolleys, and streetcars to stop at one
or | 30 |
more entrances to the intersection; | 31 |
(C) Every ordinance, resolution, or regulation enacted under | 50 |
division (A)(1) of this section shall be enforced in compliance | 51 |
with
section 4511.071 of the Revised Code, unless the local | 52 |
authority
that enacted it also enacted an ordinance, resolution, | 53 |
or
regulation pursuant to division (A) of section 4521.02 of the | 54 |
Revised Code that specifies that a violation of it shall not be | 55 |
considered a criminal offense, in which case the ordinance, | 56 |
resolution, or regulation shall be enforced in compliance with | 57 |
Chapter 4521. of the Revised Code. | 58 |
Sec. 4511.071. (A) Except as provided in division (C) of | 59 |
this section, the owner of a vehicle shall be entitled to | 60 |
establish nonliability for prosecution for violation of an | 61 |
ordinance, resolution, or regulation enacted under division (A)(1) | 62 |
of section 4511.07 of the Revised Code by proving the vehicle was | 63 |
in the care, custody, or control of a person other than the owner | 64 |
at the time of the violation pursuant to a written rental or
lease | 65 |
agreement or affidavit providing that except for such
agreement, | 66 |
no other business relationship with respect to the
vehicle in | 67 |
question exists between the operator and owner. | 68 |
(B) Proof that the vehicle was in the care, custody, or | 69 |
control of a person other than the owner shall be established by | 70 |
sending a copy of such written rental or lease agreement or | 71 |
affidavit to the prosecuting authority within thirty days from
the | 72 |
date of receipt by the owner of the notice of violation. The | 73 |
furnishing of a copy of a written rental or lease agreement or | 74 |
affidavit shall be prima-facie evidence that a vehicle was in the | 75 |
care, custody, or control of a person other than the owner. | 76 |
(B) Whenever the director of transportation or local | 87 |
authorities determine on the basis of an engineering and traffic | 88 |
investigation that slow speeds on any part of a controlled-access | 89 |
highway, expressway, or freeway consistently impede the normal
and | 90 |
reasonable movement of traffic, the director or such local | 91 |
authority may declare a minimum speed limit below which no person | 92 |
shall operate a motor vehicle, trackless trolley, or street car | 93 |
except when necessary for safe operation or in compliance with | 94 |
law. No minimum speed limit established hereunder shall be less | 95 |
than thirty miles per hour, greater than fifty miles per hour,
nor | 96 |
effective until the provisions of section 4511.21 of the
Revised | 97 |
Code, relating to appropriate signs, have been fulfilled
and local | 98 |
authorities have obtained the approval of the director. | 99 |
(D) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever | 104 |
violates
this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If,
within | 105 |
one year of
the offense, the offender previously has been | 106 |
convicted of or pleaded
guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or | 107 |
traffic offense, whoever
violates this section is guilty of a | 108 |
misdemeanor of the fourth
degree. If, within one year of the | 109 |
offense, the offender
previously has been convicted of two or more | 110 |
predicate motor
vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this | 111 |
section is
guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. | 112 |
(B)(1) Upon all roadways any vehicle or trackless trolley | 130 |
proceeding at less than the normalprevailing and lawful speed of | 131 |
traffic at the time
and place and under the conditions then | 132 |
existing shall be driven
in the right-hand lane then available for | 133 |
traffic, or as close as
practicableand far enough to the | 134 |
right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, except
whenright to allow | 135 |
passing by faster vehicles if such passing is safe and reasonable, | 136 |
except under any of the following circumstances: | 137 |
(C) Upon any roadway having four or more lanes for moving | 147 |
traffic and providing for two-way movement of traffic, no vehicle | 148 |
or trackless trolley shall be driven to the left of the center | 149 |
line of the roadway, except when authorized by official traffic | 150 |
control devices designating certain lanes to the left of the | 151 |
center of the roadway for use by traffic not otherwise permitted | 152 |
to use the lanes, or except as permitted under division (A)(2) of | 153 |
this section. | 154 |
(D)
Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever | 158 |
violates
this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If,
within | 159 |
one year of
the offense, the offender previously has been | 160 |
convicted of or pleaded
guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or | 161 |
traffic offense, whoever
violates this section is guilty of a | 162 |
misdemeanor of the fourth
degree. If, within one year of the | 163 |
offense, the offender
previously has been convicted of two or more | 164 |
predicate motor
vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this | 165 |
section is
guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. | 166 |
Sec. 4511.31.
(A) The department of transportation may | 167 |
determine
those portions
of
any state highway where overtaking and | 168 |
passing other traffic or driving to the
left of the center or | 169 |
center line of the roadway would be especially
hazardous
and may, | 170 |
by appropriate signs or markings on the highway, indicate the | 171 |
beginning and end of such zones. When such signs or markings are | 172 |
in place and
clearly visible, every operator of a vehicle or | 173 |
trackless trolley shall obey
the directions
of the signs
or | 174 |
markings, notwithstanding
the distances set out in section
4511.30 | 175 |
of the Revised Code. | 176 |
(C)
Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever | 187 |
violates
this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If,
within | 188 |
one year of
the offense, the offender previously has been | 189 |
convicted of or pleaded
guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or | 190 |
traffic offense, whoever
violates this section is guilty of a | 191 |
misdemeanor of the fourth
degree. If, within one year of the | 192 |
offense, the offender
previously has been convicted of two or more | 193 |
predicate motor
vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this | 194 |
section is
guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. | 195 |
When required, a signal of intention to turn or move right
or | 201 |
left shall be given continuously during not less than the last
one | 202 |
hundred feet traveled by the vehicle or trackless trolley
before | 203 |
turning, except that in the case of a person operating a bicycle, | 204 |
the signal shall be made not less than one time but is not | 205 |
required to be continuous. A bicycle operator is not required to | 206 |
make a signal if the bicycle is in a designated turn lane, and a | 207 |
signal shall not be given when the operator's hands are needed for | 208 |
the safe operation of the bicycle. | 209 |
Any stop or turn signal required by this section shall be | 215 |
given either by means of the hand and arm, or by signal lights | 216 |
that clearly indicate to both approaching and following traffic | 217 |
intention to turn or move right or left, except that any motor | 218 |
vehicle in use on a highway shall be equipped with, and the | 219 |
required signal shall be given by, signal lights when the
distance | 220 |
from the center of the top of the steering post to the
left | 221 |
outside limit of the body, cab, or load of such motor
vehicle | 222 |
exceeds twenty-four inches, or when the distance from the
center | 223 |
of the top of the steering post to the rear limit of the
body or | 224 |
load thereof exceeds fourteen feet, whether a single
vehicle or a | 225 |
combination of vehicles. | 226 |
(B)
Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever | 234 |
violates
this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If,
within | 235 |
one year of
the offense, the offender previously has been | 236 |
convicted of or pleaded
guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or | 237 |
traffic offense, whoever
violates this section is guilty of a | 238 |
misdemeanor of the fourth
degree. If, within one year of the | 239 |
offense, the offender
previously has been convicted of two or more | 240 |
predicate motor
vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this | 241 |
section is
guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. | 242 |
(B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, a | 248 |
bicycle operator who violates any section of the Revised Code | 249 |
described in division (A) of this section that is applicable to | 250 |
bicycles may be issued a ticket, citation, or summons by a law | 251 |
enforcement officer for the violation in the same manner as the | 252 |
operator of a motor vehicle would be cited for the same violation. | 253 |
A person who commits any such violation while operating a bicycle | 254 |
shall not have any points assessed against the person's driver's | 255 |
license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction | 256 |
permit, or probationary license under section 4510.036 of the | 257 |
Revised Code. | 258 |
(C) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, in | 259 |
the case of a violation of any section of the Revised Code | 260 |
described in division (A) of this section by a bicycle operator or | 261 |
by a motor vehicle operator when the trier of fact finds that the | 262 |
violation by the motor vehicle operator endangered the lives of | 263 |
bicycle riders at the time of the violation, the court, | 264 |
notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, | 265 |
may require the bicycle operator or motor vehicle operator to take | 266 |
and successfully complete a bicycling skills course approved by | 267 |
the court in addition to or in lieu of any penalty otherwise | 268 |
prescribed by the Revised Code for that violation. | 269 |
(B) A person operating a bicycle or motorcycle shall not
ride | 275 |
other than upon or astride the permanent and regular seat attached | 276 |
thereto, and a person operating a motorcycle shall not ride other | 277 |
than upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto,
nor | 278 |
carry any other person upon such bicycle or
motorcycle other
than | 279 |
upon a firmly attached and regular seat
thereon, nor shall
any | 280 |
person ride upon a bicycle or motorcycle
other than upon such
a | 281 |
firmly attached and regular seat. | 282 |
No person shall operate or be a passenger on a snowmobile
or | 294 |
motorcycle without using safety glasses or other protective
eye | 295 |
device. No person who is under the age of eighteen years, or
who | 296 |
holds a motorcycle operator's endorsement or license bearing
a | 297 |
"novice" designation that is currently in effect as provided in | 298 |
section 4507.13 of the Revised Code, shall operate a motorcycle
on | 299 |
a highway, or be a passenger on a motorcycle, unless wearing a | 300 |
protective helmet on
the person's head, and no other person
shall | 301 |
be a
passenger on a motorcycle operated by such a person
unless | 302 |
similarly wearing a protective helmet. The helmet, safety
glasses, | 303 |
or other protective eye device shall conform with
regulations | 304 |
prescribed and promulgated by the director of public
safety. The | 305 |
provisions of this paragraph or a violation thereof
shall not be | 306 |
used in the trial of any civil action. | 307 |
(D) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever | 311 |
violates
this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If,
within | 312 |
one year of
the offense, the offender previously has been | 313 |
convicted of or pleaded
guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or | 314 |
traffic offense, whoever
violates this section is guilty of a | 315 |
misdemeanor of the fourth
degree. If, within one year of the | 316 |
offense, the offender
previously has been convicted of two or more | 317 |
predicate motor
vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this | 318 |
section is
guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. | 319 |
(C) This section does not require a person operating a | 329 |
bicycle to ride at the edge of the roadway when it is unreasonable | 330 |
or unsafe to do so. Conditions that may require riding away from | 331 |
the edge of the roadway include when necessary to avoid fixed or | 332 |
moving objects, parked or moving vehicles, surface hazards, or if | 333 |
it otherwise is unsafe or impracticable to do so, including if the | 334 |
lane is too narrow for the bicycle and an overtaking vehicle to | 335 |
travel safely side by side within the lane. | 336 |
(D) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever | 337 |
violates
this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If,
within | 338 |
one year of
the offense, the offender previously has been | 339 |
convicted of or pleaded
guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or | 340 |
traffic offense, whoever
violates this section is guilty of a | 341 |
misdemeanor of the fourth
degree. If, within one year of the | 342 |
offense, the offender
previously has been convicted of two or more | 343 |
predicate motor
vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this | 344 |
section is
guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. | 345 |
(5) Either with tires with retroreflective sidewalls or
with | 364 |
an essentially colorless or amber reflector mounted on the
spokes | 365 |
of the front wheel and an essentially colorless or red
reflector | 366 |
mounted on the spokes of the rear wheel. Each
reflector shall be | 367 |
visible on each side of the wheel from a
distance of six hundred | 368 |
feet when directly in front of lawful
lower beams of head. If the | 369 |
red lamp performs as a reflector in that it is visible as | 370 |
specified in division (A)(2) of this section, the red lamp may | 371 |
serve as the reflector and a separate reflector is not required. | 372 |
(D)(E) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever | 386 |
violates
this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If,
within | 387 |
one year of
the offense, the offender previously has been | 388 |
convicted of or pleaded
guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or | 389 |
traffic offense, whoever
violates this section is guilty of a | 390 |
misdemeanor of the fourth
degree. If, within one year of the | 391 |
offense, the offender
previously has been convicted of two or more | 392 |
predicate motor
vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this | 393 |
section is
guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. | 394 |
(B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever | 402 |
violates
this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If,
within | 403 |
one year of
the offense, the offender previously has been | 404 |
convicted of or pleaded
guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or | 405 |
traffic offense, whoever
violates this section is guilty of a | 406 |
misdemeanor of the fourth
degree. If, within one year of the | 407 |
offense, the offender
previously has been convicted of two or more | 408 |
predicate motor
vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this | 409 |
section is
guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. | 410 |