To amend sections 4510.02, 4510.036, 4511.21, 4511.33, 4511.41, 4511.42, 4511.43, 4511.431, 4511.44, 4511.441, 4511.45, 4511.451, 4511.46, 4511.47, and 4513.39 and to enact section 4501.14 of the Revised Code to provide for increased penalties when a person violates the motor vehicle traffic law assured clear distance ahead provision or commits a failure to yield the right-of-way offense that results in serious physical harm or death to another person.

Section 1.  That sections 4510.02, 4510.036, 4511.21, 4511.33, 4511.41, 4511.42, 4511.43, 4511.431, 4511.44, 4511.441, 4511.45, 4511.451, 4511.46, 4511.47, and 4513.39 be amended and section 4501.14 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 4501.14.  There is hereby created in the state treasury the highway safety education fund, consisting of those portions of fines collected pursuant to and specified in sections 4511.21, 4511.33, 4511.41, 4511.42, 4511.43, 4511.431, 4511.44, 4511.441, 4511.45, 4511.451, 4511.46, and 4511.47 of the Revised Code. The department of public safety shall use the money in the fund only to pay for educational activities that relate to highway safety.

Sec. 4510.02.  (A) When a court elects or is required to suspend the driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege of any offender from a specified suspension class, for each of the following suspension classes, the court shall impose a definite period of suspension from the range specified for the suspension class:

(1) For a class one suspension, a definite period for the life of the person subject to the suspension;

(2) For a class two suspension, a definite period of three years to life;

(3) For a class three suspension, a definite period of two to ten years;

(4) For a class four suspension, a definite period of one to five years;

(5) For a class five suspension, a definite period of six months to three years;

(6) For a class six suspension, a definite period of three months to two years;

(7) For a class seven suspension, a definite period not to exceed one year;

(8) For a class eight suspension, a definite period not to exceed six months.

(B) When the bureau of motor vehicles elects or is required to suspend the driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege of any person from a specified suspension class, for each of the following suspension classes, the period of suspension shall be as follows:

(1) For a class A suspension, three years;

(2) For a class B suspension, two years;

(3) For a class C suspension, one year;

(4) For a class D suspension, six months;

(5) For a class E suspension, three months;

(6) For a class F suspension, until conditions are met.

(C) The court may require a person to successfully complete a remedial driving course as a condition for the return of full driving privileges after a suspension period imposed from any range in division (A) of this section or otherwise imposed by the court pursuant to any other provision of law ends.

(D) When a court or the bureau suspends the driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege of any offender or person pursuant to any provision of law that does not provide for the suspension to be from a class set forth in division (A) or (B) of this section, except as otherwise provided in the provision that authorizes or requires the suspension, the suspension shall be subject to and governed by this chapter.

Sec. 4510.036.  (A) The bureau of motor vehicles shall record within ten days, after receipt, and shall keep at its main office, all abstracts received under this section or section 4510.03, 4510.031, 4510.032, or 4510.034 of the Revised Code and shall maintain records of convictions and bond forfeitures for any violation of a state law or a municipal ordinance regulating the operation of vehicles, streetcars, and trackless trolleys on highways and streets, except a violation related to parking a motor vehicle.

(B) Every court of record or mayor's court before which a person is charged with a violation for which points are chargeable by this section shall assess and transcribe to the abstract of conviction that is furnished by the bureau to the court the number of points chargeable by this section in the correct space assigned on the reporting form. A United States district court that has jurisdiction within this state and before which a person is charged with a violation for which points are chargeable by this section may assess and transcribe to the abstract of conviction report that is furnished by the bureau the number of points chargeable by this section in the correct space assigned on the reporting form. If the federal court so assesses and transcribes the points chargeable for the offense and furnishes the report to the bureau, the bureau shall record the points in the same manner as those assessed and transcribed by a court of record or mayor's court.

(C) A court shall assess the following points for an offense based on the following formula:

(1) Aggravated vehicular homicide, vehicular homicide, vehicular manslaughter, aggravated vehicular assault, or vehicular assault when the offense involves the operation of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley on a highway or street .......... 6 points

(2) A violation of section 2921.331 of the Revised Code or any ordinance prohibiting the willful fleeing or eluding of a law enforcement officer .......... 6 points

(3) A violation of section 4549.02 or 4549.021 of the Revised Code or any ordinance requiring the driver of a vehicle to stop and disclose identity at the scene of an accident .......... 6 points

(4) A violation of section 4511.251 of the Revised Code or any ordinance prohibiting street racing .......... 6 points

(5) A violation of section 4510.11, 4510.14, 4510.16, or 4510.21 of the Revised Code or any ordinance prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while the driver's or commercial driver's license is under suspension .......... 6 points

(6) A violation of division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, any ordinance prohibiting the operation of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or a combination of them, or any ordinance substantially equivalent to division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code prohibiting the operation of a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol, a controlled substance, or a metabolite of a controlled substance in the whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine .......... 6 points

(7) A violation of section 2913.03 of the Revised Code that does not involve an aircraft or motorboat or any ordinance prohibiting the operation of a vehicle without the consent of the owner .......... 6 points

(8) Any offense under the motor vehicle laws of this state that is a felony, or any other felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle was used .......... 6 points

(9) A violation of division (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or any ordinance substantially equivalent to that division prohibiting the operation of a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine .......... 4 points

(10) A violation of section 4511.20 of the Revised Code or any ordinance prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle in willful or wanton disregard of the safety of persons or property .......... 4 points

(11) A violation of any law or ordinance pertaining to speed:

(a) Notwithstanding divisions (C)(11)(b) and (c) of this section, when the speed exceeds the lawful speed limit by thirty miles per hour or more .......... 4 points

(b) When the speed exceeds the lawful speed limit of fifty-five miles per hour or more by more than ten miles per hour .......... 2 points

(c) When the speed exceeds the lawful speed limit of less than fifty-five miles per hour by more than five miles per hour .......... 2 points

(d) When the speed does not exceed the amounts set forth in divisions (C)(11)(a), (b), or (c) of this section .......... 0 points

(12) Operating a motor vehicle in violation of a restriction imposed by the registrar .......... 2 points

(13) A violation of section 4511.21, 4511.33, 4511.41, 4511.42, 4511.43, 4511.431, 4511.44, 4511.441, 4511.45, 4511.451, 4511.46, or 4511.47 of the Revised Code in which the court assesses at least two but not more than six points .......... 2 to 6 points, as assessed by the court

(14) All other moving violations reported under this section .......... 2 points

(D) Upon receiving notification from the proper court, including a United States district court that has jurisdiction within this state, the bureau shall delete any points entered for a bond forfeiture if the driver is acquitted of the offense for which bond was posted.

(E) If a person is convicted of or forfeits bail for two or more offenses arising out of the same facts and points are chargeable for each of the offenses, points shall be charged for only the conviction or bond forfeiture for which the greater number of points is chargeable, and, if the number of points chargeable for each offense is equal, only one offense shall be recorded, and points shall be charged only for that offense.

Sec. 4511.21.  (A) No person shall operate a motor vehicle, trackless trolley, or streetcar at a speed greater or less than is reasonable or proper, having due regard to the traffic, surface, and width of the street or highway and any other conditions, and no person shall drive any motor vehicle, trackless trolley, or streetcar in and upon any street or highway at a greater speed than will permit the person to bring it to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead.

(B) It is prima-facie lawful, in the absence of a lower limit declared pursuant to this section by the director of transportation or local authorities, for the operator of a motor vehicle, trackless trolley, or streetcar to operate the same at a speed not exceeding the following:

(1)(a) Twenty miles per hour in school zones during school recess and while children are going to or leaving school during the opening or closing hours, and when twenty miles per hour school speed limit signs are erected; except that, on controlled-access highways and expressways, if the right-of-way line fence has been erected without pedestrian opening, the speed shall be governed by division (B)(4) of this section and on freeways, if the right-of-way line fence has been erected without pedestrian opening, the speed shall be governed by divisions (B)(9) and (10) of this section. The end of every school zone may be marked by a sign indicating the end of the zone. Nothing in this section or in the manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic control devices shall be construed to require school zones to be indicated by signs equipped with flashing or other lights, or giving other special notice of the hours in which the school zone speed limit is in effect.

(b) As used in this section and in section 4511.212 of the Revised Code, "school" means any school chartered under section 3301.16 of the Revised Code and any nonchartered school that during the preceding year filed with the department of education in compliance with rule 3301-35-08 of the Ohio Administrative Code, a copy of the school's report for the parents of the school's pupils certifying that the school meets Ohio minimum standards for nonchartered, nontax-supported schools and presents evidence of this filing to the jurisdiction from which it is requesting the establishment of a school zone. "School" also includes a special elementary school that in writing requests the county engineer of the county in which the special elementary school is located to create a school zone at the location of that school. Upon receipt of such a written request, the county engineer shall create a school zone at that location by erecting the appropriate signs.

(c) As used in this section, "school zone" means that portion of a street or highway passing a school fronting upon the street or highway that is encompassed by projecting the school property lines to the fronting street or highway, and also includes that portion of a state highway. Upon request from local authorities for streets and highways under their jurisdiction and that portion of a state highway under the jurisdiction of the director of transportation or a request from a county engineer in the case of a school zone for a special elementary school, the director may extend the traditional school zone boundaries. The distances in divisions (B)(1)(c)(i), (ii), and (iii) of this section shall not exceed three hundred feet per approach per direction and are bounded by whichever of the following distances or combinations thereof the director approves as most appropriate:

(i) The distance encompassed by projecting the school building lines normal to the fronting highway and extending a distance of three hundred feet on each approach direction;

(ii) The distance encompassed by projecting the school property lines intersecting the fronting highway and extending a distance of three hundred feet on each approach direction;

(iii) The distance encompassed by the special marking of the pavement for a principal school pupil crosswalk plus a distance of three hundred feet on each approach direction of the highway.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to invalidate the director's initial action on August 9, 1976, establishing all school zones at the traditional school zone boundaries defined by projecting school property lines, except when those boundaries are extended as provided in divisions (B)(1)(a) and (c) of this section.

(d) As used in this division, "crosswalk" has the meaning given that term in division (LL)(2) of section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.

The director may, upon request by resolution of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, the board of trustees of a township, or a county board of mental retardation and developmental disabilities created pursuant to Chapter 5126. of the Revised Code, and upon submission by the municipal corporation, township, or county board of such engineering, traffic, and other information as the director considers necessary, designate a school zone on any portion of a state route lying within the municipal corporation, lying within the unincorporated territory of the township, or lying adjacent to the property of a school that is operated by such county board, that includes a crosswalk customarily used by children going to or leaving a school during recess and opening and closing hours, whenever the distance, as measured in a straight line, from the school property line nearest the crosswalk to the nearest point of the crosswalk is no more than one thousand three hundred twenty feet. Such a school zone shall include the distance encompassed by the crosswalk and extending three hundred feet on each approach direction of the state route.

(e) As used in this section, "special elementary school" means a school that meets all of the following criteria:

(i) It is not chartered and does not receive tax revenue from any source.

(ii) It does not educate children beyond the eighth grade.

(iii) It is located outside the limits of a municipal corporation.

(iv) A majority of the total number of students enrolled at the school are not related by blood.

(v) The principal or other person in charge of the special elementary school annually sends a report to the superintendent of the school district in which the special elementary school is located indicating the total number of students enrolled at the school, but otherwise the principal or other person in charge does not report any other information or data to the superintendent.

(2) Twenty-five miles per hour in all other portions of a municipal corporation, except on state routes outside business districts, through highways outside business districts, and alleys;

(3) Thirty-five miles per hour on all state routes or through highways within municipal corporations outside business districts, except as provided in divisions (B)(4) and (6) of this section;

(4) Fifty miles per hour on controlled-access highways and expressways within municipal corporations;

(5) Fifty-five miles per hour on highways outside municipal corporations, other than highways within island jurisdictions as provided in division (B)(8) of this section and freeways as provided in division (B)(13) of this section;

(6) Fifty miles per hour on state routes within municipal corporations outside urban districts unless a lower prima-facie speed is established as further provided in this section;

(7) Fifteen miles per hour on all alleys within the municipal corporation;

(8) Thirty-five miles per hour on highways outside municipal corporations that are within an island jurisdiction;

(9) Fifty-five miles per hour at all times on freeways with paved shoulders inside municipal corporations, other than freeways as provided in division (B)(13) of this section;

(10) Fifty-five miles per hour at all times on freeways outside municipal corporations, other than freeways as provided in division (B)(13) of this section;

(11) Fifty-five miles per hour at all times on all portions of freeways that are part of the interstate system and on all portions of freeways that are not part of the interstate system, but are built to the standards and specifications that are applicable to freeways that are part of the interstate system for operators of any motor vehicle weighing in excess of eight thousand pounds empty weight and any noncommercial bus;

(12) Fifty-five miles per hour for operators of any motor vehicle weighing eight thousand pounds or less empty weight and any commercial bus at all times on all portions of freeways that are part of the interstate system and that had such a speed limit established prior to October 1, 1995, and freeways that are not part of the interstate system, but are built to the standards and specifications that are applicable to freeways that are part of the interstate system and that had such a speed limit established prior to October 1, 1995, unless a higher speed limit is established under division (L) of this section;

(13) Sixty-five miles per hour for operators of any motor vehicle weighing eight thousand pounds or less empty weight and any commercial bus at all times on all portions of the following:

(a) Freeways that are part of the interstate system and that had such a speed limit established prior to October 1, 1995, and freeways that are not part of the interstate system, but are built to the standards and specifications that are applicable to freeways that are part of the interstate system and that had such a speed limit established prior to October 1, 1995;

(b) Freeways that are part of the interstate system and freeways that are not part of the interstate system but are built to the standards and specifications that are applicable to freeways that are part of the interstate system, and that had such a speed limit established under division (L) of this section;

(c) Rural, divided, multi-lane highways that are designated as part of the national highway system under the "National Highway System Designation Act of 1995," 109 Stat. 568, 23 U.S.C.A. 103, and that had such a speed limit established under division (M) of this section.

(C) It is prima-facie unlawful for any person to exceed any of the speed limitations in divisions (B)(1)(a), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), and (8) of this section, or any declared pursuant to this section by the director or local authorities and it is unlawful for any person to exceed any of the speed limitations in division (D) of this section. No person shall be convicted of more than one violation of this section for the same conduct, although violations of more than one provision of this section may be charged in the alternative in a single affidavit.

(D) No person shall operate a motor vehicle, trackless trolley, or streetcar upon a street or highway as follows:

(1) At a speed exceeding fifty-five miles per hour, except upon a freeway as provided in division (B)(13) of this section;

(2) At a speed exceeding sixty-five miles per hour upon a freeway as provided in division (B)(13) of this section except as otherwise provided in division (D)(3) of this section;

(3) If a motor vehicle weighing in excess of eight thousand pounds empty weight or a noncommercial bus as prescribed in division (B)(11) of this section, at a speed exceeding fifty-five miles per hour upon a freeway as provided in that division;

(4) At a speed exceeding the posted speed limit upon a freeway for which the director has determined and declared a speed limit of not more than sixty-five miles per hour pursuant to division (L)(2) or (M) of this section;

(5) At a speed exceeding sixty-five miles per hour upon a freeway for which such a speed limit has been established through the operation of division (L)(3) of this section;

(6) At a speed exceeding the posted speed limit upon a freeway for which the director has determined and declared a speed limit pursuant to division (I)(2) of this section.

(E) In every charge of violation of this section the affidavit and warrant shall specify the time, place, and speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven, and in charges made in reliance upon division (C) of this section also the speed which division (B)(1)(a), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), or (8) of, or a limit declared pursuant to, this section declares is prima-facie lawful at the time and place of such alleged violation, except that in affidavits where a person is alleged to have driven at a greater speed than will permit the person to bring the vehicle to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead the affidavit and warrant need not specify the speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven.

(F) When a speed in excess of both a prima-facie limitation and a limitation in division (D)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of this section is alleged, the defendant shall be charged in a single affidavit, alleging a single act, with a violation indicated of both division (B)(1)(a), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), or (8) of this section, or of a limit declared pursuant to this section by the director or local authorities, and of the limitation in division (D)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of this section. If the court finds a violation of division (B)(1)(a), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), or (8) of, or a limit declared pursuant to, this section has occurred, it shall enter a judgment of conviction under such division and dismiss the charge under division (D)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of this section. If it finds no violation of division (B)(1)(a), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), or (8) of, or a limit declared pursuant to, this section, it shall then consider whether the evidence supports a conviction under division (D)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of this section.

(G) Points shall be assessed for violation of a limitation under division (D) of this section in accordance with section 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

(H) Whenever the director determines upon the basis of a geometric and traffic characteristic study that any speed limit set forth in divisions (B)(1)(a) to (D) of this section is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at any portion of a street or highway under the jurisdiction of the director, the director shall determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima-facie speed limit, which shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice of it are erected at the location.

(I)(1) Except as provided in divisions (I)(2) and (K) of this section, whenever local authorities determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the speed permitted by divisions (B)(1)(a) to (D) of this section, on any part of a highway under their jurisdiction, is greater than is reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist at such location, the local authorities may by resolution request the director to determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima-facie speed limit. Upon receipt of such request the director may determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima-facie speed limit at such location, and if the director does so, then such declared speed limit shall become effective only when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected at such location by the local authorities. The director may withdraw the declaration of a prima-facie speed limit whenever in the director's opinion the altered prima-facie speed becomes unreasonable. Upon such withdrawal, the declared prima-facie speed shall become ineffective and the signs relating thereto shall be immediately removed by the local authorities.

(2) A local authority may determine on the basis of a geometric and traffic characteristic study that the speed limit of sixty-five miles per hour on a portion of a freeway under its jurisdiction that was established through the operation of division (L)(3) of this section is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at that portion of the freeway. If the local authority makes such a determination, the local authority by resolution may request the director to determine and declare a reasonable and safe speed limit of not less than fifty-five miles per hour for that portion of the freeway. If the director takes such action, the declared speed limit becomes effective only when appropriate signs giving notice of it are erected at such location by the local authority.

(J) Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may authorize by ordinance higher prima-facie speeds than those stated in this section upon through highways, or upon highways or portions thereof where there are no intersections, or between widely spaced intersections, provided signs are erected giving notice of the authorized speed, but local authorities shall not modify or alter the basic rule set forth in division (A) of this section or in any event authorize by ordinance a speed in excess of fifty miles per hour.

Alteration of prima-facie limits on state routes by local authorities shall not be effective until the alteration has been approved by the director. The director may withdraw approval of any altered prima-facie speed limits whenever in the director's opinion any altered prima-facie speed becomes unreasonable, and upon such withdrawal, the altered prima-facie speed shall become ineffective and the signs relating thereto shall be immediately removed by the local authorities.

(K)(1) As used in divisions (K)(1), (2), (3), and (4) of this section, "unimproved highway" means a highway consisting of any of the following:

(a) Unimproved earth;

(b) Unimproved graded and drained earth;

(c) Gravel.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (K)(4) and (5) of this section, whenever a board of township trustees determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the speed permitted by division (B)(5) of this section on any part of an unimproved highway under its jurisdiction and in the unincorporated territory of the township is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at the location, the board may by resolution declare a reasonable and safe prima-facie speed limit of fifty-five but not less than twenty-five miles per hour. An altered speed limit adopted by a board of township trustees under this division becomes effective when appropriate traffic control devices, as prescribed in section 4511.11 of the Revised Code, giving notice thereof are erected at the location, which shall be no sooner than sixty days after adoption of the resolution.

(3)(a) Whenever, in the opinion of a board of township trustees, any altered prima-facie speed limit established by the board under this division becomes unreasonable, the board may adopt a resolution withdrawing the altered prima-facie speed limit. Upon the adoption of such a resolution, the altered prima-facie speed limit becomes ineffective and the traffic control devices relating thereto shall be immediately removed.

(b) Whenever a highway ceases to be an unimproved highway and the board has adopted an altered prima-facie speed limit pursuant to division (K)(2) of this section, the board shall, by resolution, withdraw the altered prima-facie speed limit as soon as the highway ceases to be unimproved. Upon the adoption of such a resolution, the altered prima-facie speed limit becomes ineffective and the traffic control devices relating thereto shall be immediately removed.

(4)(a) If the boundary of two townships rests on the centerline of an unimproved highway in unincorporated territory and both townships have jurisdiction over the highway, neither of the boards of township trustees of such townships may declare an altered prima-facie speed limit pursuant to division (K)(2) of this section on the part of the highway under their joint jurisdiction unless the boards of township trustees of both of the townships determine, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, that the speed permitted by division (B)(5) of this section is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at the location and both boards agree upon a reasonable and safe prima-facie speed limit of less than fifty-five but not less than twenty-five miles per hour for that location. If both boards so agree, each shall follow the procedure specified in division (K)(2) of this section for altering the prima-facie speed limit on the highway. Except as otherwise provided in division (K)(4)(b) of this section, no speed limit altered pursuant to division (K)(4)(a) of this section may be withdrawn unless the boards of township trustees of both townships determine that the altered prima-facie speed limit previously adopted becomes unreasonable and each board adopts a resolution withdrawing the altered prima-facie speed limit pursuant to the procedure specified in division (K)(3)(a) of this section.

(b) Whenever a highway described in division (K)(4)(a) of this section ceases to be an unimproved highway and two boards of township trustees have adopted an altered prima-facie speed limit pursuant to division (K)(4)(a) of this section, both boards shall, by resolution, withdraw the altered prima-facie speed limit as soon as the highway ceases to be unimproved. Upon the adoption of the resolution, the altered prima-facie speed limit becomes ineffective and the traffic control devices relating thereto shall be immediately removed.

(5) As used in division (K)(5) of this section:

(a) "Commercial subdivision" means any platted territory outside the limits of a municipal corporation and fronting a highway where, for a distance of three hundred feet or more, the frontage is improved with buildings in use for commercial purposes, or where the entire length of the highway is less than three hundred feet long and the frontage is improved with buildings in use for commercial purposes.

(b) "Residential subdivision" means any platted territory outside the limits of a municipal corporation and fronting a highway, where, for a distance of three hundred feet or more, the frontage is improved with residences or residences and buildings in use for business, or where the entire length of the highway is less than three hundred feet long and the frontage is improved with residences or residences and buildings in use for business.

Whenever a board of township trustees finds upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the prima-facie speed permitted by division (B)(5) of this section on any part of a highway under its jurisdiction that is located in a commercial or residential subdivision, except on highways or portions thereof at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from the majority of intersecting highways is required to yield the right-of-way to vehicles on such highways in obedience to stop or yield signs or traffic control signals, is greater than is reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist at the location, the board may by resolution declare a reasonable and safe prima-facie speed limit of less than fifty-five but not less than twenty-five miles per hour at the location. An altered speed limit adopted by a board of township trustees under this division shall become effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected at the location by the township. Whenever, in the opinion of a board of township trustees, any altered prima-facie speed limit established by it under this division becomes unreasonable, it may adopt a resolution withdrawing the altered prima-facie speed, and upon such withdrawal, the altered prima-facie speed shall become ineffective, and the signs relating thereto shall be immediately removed by the township.

(L)(1) Within one hundred twenty days of February 29, 1996, the director of transportation, based upon a geometric and traffic characteristic study of a freeway that is part of the interstate system or that is not part of the interstate system, but is built to the standards and specifications that are applicable to freeways that are part of the interstate system, in consultation with the director of public safety and, if applicable, the local authority having jurisdiction over a portion of such freeway, may determine and declare that the speed limit of less than sixty-five miles per hour established on such freeway or portion of freeway either is reasonable and safe or is less than that which is reasonable and safe.

(2) If the established speed limit for such a freeway or portion of freeway is determined to be less than that which is reasonable and safe, the director of transportation, in consultation with the director of public safety and, if applicable, the local authority having jurisdiction over the portion of freeway, shall determine and declare a reasonable and safe speed limit of not more than sixty-five miles per hour for that freeway or portion of freeway.

The director of transportation or local authority having jurisdiction over the freeway or portion of freeway shall erect appropriate signs giving notice of the speed limit at such location within one hundred fifty days of February 29, 1996. Such speed limit becomes effective only when such signs are erected at the location.

(3) If, within one hundred twenty days of February 29, 1996, the director of transportation does not make a determination and declaration of a reasonable and safe speed limit for a freeway or portion of freeway that is part of the interstate system or that is not part of the interstate system, but is built to the standards and specifications that are applicable to freeways that are part of the interstate system and that has a speed limit of less than sixty-five miles per hour, the speed limit on that freeway or portion of a freeway shall be sixty-five miles per hour. The director of transportation or local authority having jurisdiction over the freeway or portion of the freeway shall erect appropriate signs giving notice of the speed limit of sixty-five miles per hour at such location within one hundred fifty days of February 29, 1996. Such speed limit becomes effective only when such signs are erected at the location. A speed limit established through the operation of division (L)(3) of this section is subject to reduction under division (I)(2) of this section.

(M) Within three hundred sixty days after February 29, 1996, the director of transportation, based upon a geometric and traffic characteristic study of a rural, divided, multi-lane highway that has been designated as part of the national highway system under the "National Highway System Designation Act of 1995," 109 Stat. 568, 23 U.S.C.A. 103, in consultation with the director of public safety and, if applicable, the local authority having jurisdiction over a portion of the highway, may determine and declare that the speed limit of less than sixty-five miles per hour established on the highway or portion of highway either is reasonable and safe or is less than that which is reasonable and safe.

If the established speed limit for the highway or portion of highway is determined to be less than that which is reasonable and safe, the director of transportation, in consultation with the director of public safety and, if applicable, the local authority having jurisdiction over the portion of highway, shall determine and declare a reasonable and safe speed limit of not more than sixty-five miles per hour for that highway or portion of highway. The director of transportation or local authority having jurisdiction over the highway or portion of highway shall erect appropriate signs giving notice of the speed limit at such location within three hundred ninety days after February 29, 1996. The speed limit becomes effective only when such signs are erected at the location.

(N)(1)(a) If the boundary of two local authorities rests on the centerline of a highway and both authorities have jurisdiction over the highway, the speed limit for the part of the highway within their joint jurisdiction shall be either one of the following as agreed to by both authorities:

(i) Either prima-facie speed limit permitted by division (B) of this section;

(ii) An altered speed limit determined and posted in accordance with this section.

(b) If the local authorities are unable to reach an agreement, the speed limit shall remain as established and posted under this section.

(2) Neither local authority may declare an altered prima-facie speed limit pursuant to this section on the part of the highway under their joint jurisdiction unless both of the local authorities determine, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, that the speed permitted by this section is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at the location and both authorities agree upon a uniform reasonable and safe prima-facie speed limit of less than fifty-five but not less than twenty-five miles per hour for that location. If both authorities so agree, each shall follow the procedure specified in this section for altering the prima-facie speed limit on the highway, and the speed limit for the part of the highway within their joint jurisdiction shall be uniformly altered. No altered speed limit may be withdrawn unless both local authorities determine that the altered prima-facie speed limit previously adopted becomes unreasonable and each adopts a resolution withdrawing the altered prima-facie speed limit pursuant to the procedure specified in this section.

(O) As used in this section:

(1) "Interstate system" has the same meaning as in 23 U.S.C.A. 101.

(2) "Commercial bus" means a motor vehicle designed for carrying more than nine passengers and used for the transportation of persons for compensation.

(3) "Noncommercial bus" includes but is not limited to a school bus or a motor vehicle operated solely for the transportation of persons associated with a charitable or nonprofit organization.

(P)(1) A violation of any provision of this section is one of the following:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (P)(1)(b), (1)(c), (2), and (3) of this section, a minor misdemeanor;

(b) If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two violations of any provision of this section or of any provision of a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to any provision of this section, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree;

(c) If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or more violations of any provision of this section or of any provision of a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to any provision of this section, a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(2) If the offender has not previously been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of any provision of this section or of any provision of a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to this section and operated a motor vehicle faster than thirty-five miles an hour in a business district of a municipal corporation, faster than fifty miles an hour in other portions of a municipal corporation, or faster than thirty-five miles an hour in a school zone during recess or while children are going to or leaving school during the school's opening or closing hours, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

(3) Notwithstanding division (P)(1) of this section, if the offender operated a motor vehicle in a construction zone where a sign was then posted in accordance with section 4511.98 of the Revised Code, the court, in addition to all other penalties provided by law, shall impose upon the offender a fine of two times the usual amount imposed for the violation. No court shall impose a fine of two times the usual amount imposed for the violation upon an offender if the offender alleges, in an affidavit filed with the court prior to the offender's sentencing, that the offender is indigent and is unable to pay the fine imposed pursuant to this division and if the court determines that the offender is an indigent person and unable to pay the fine.

(4)(a) If the offender's violation of division (A) of this section resulted in serious physical harm to another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (P)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. The court also shall impose a class eight license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(8) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three or four, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of motor vehicles of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first twenty-five dollars of any fine collected under division (P)(4)(a) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

(b) If the offender's violation of division (A) of this section resulted in the death of another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (P)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. The court also shall impose a class seven license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three, four, five, or six, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first fifty dollars of any fine collected under division (P)(4)(b) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4511.33.  (A) Whenever any roadway has been divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic, or wherever within municipal corporations traffic is lawfully moving in two or more substantially continuous lines in the same direction, the following rules apply:

(1) A vehicle or trackless trolley shall be driven, as nearly as is practicable, entirely within a single lane or line of traffic and shall not be moved from such lane or line until the driver has first ascertained that such movement can be made with safety.

(2) Upon a roadway which is divided into three lanes and provides for two-way movement of traffic, a vehicle or trackless trolley shall not be driven in the center lane except when overtaking and passing another vehicle or trackless trolley where the roadway is clearly visible and such center lane is clear of traffic within a safe distance, or when preparing for a left turn, or where such center lane is at the time allocated exclusively to traffic moving in the direction the vehicle or trackless trolley is proceeding and is posted with signs to give notice of such allocation.

(3) Official signs may be erected directing specified traffic to use a designated lane or designating those lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction regardless of the center of the roadway, or restricting the use of a particular lane to only buses during certain hours or during all hours, and drivers of vehicles and trackless trolleys shall obey the directions of such signs.

(4) Official traffic control devices may be installed prohibiting the changing of lanes on sections of roadway and drivers of vehicles shall obey the directions of every such device.

(B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this division (B)(1) of this section, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(2) If the offender's violation of division (A) of this section resulted in serious physical harm to another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. The court also shall impose a class eight license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(8) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three or four, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of motor vehicles of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first twenty-five dollars of any fine collected under division (B)(2) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

(3) If the offender's violation of division (A) of this section resulted in the death of another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. The court also shall impose a class seven license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three, four, five, or six, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first fifty dollars of any fine collected under division (B)(3) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4511.41.  (A) When two vehicles, including any trackless trolley or streetcar, approach or enter an intersection from different streets or highways at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right.

(B) The right-of-way rule declared in division (A) of this section is modified at through highways and otherwise as stated in Chapter 4511. of the Revised Code.

(C)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this division (C)(1) of this section, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(2) If the offender's violation of division (A) of this section resulted in serious physical harm to another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. The court also shall impose a class eight license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(8) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three or four, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of motor vehicles of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first twenty-five dollars of any fine collected under division (C)(2) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

(3) If the offender's violation of division (A) of this section resulted in the death of another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. The court also shall impose a class seven license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three, four, five, or six, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first fifty dollars of any fine collected under division (C)(3) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4511.42.  (A) The operator of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road, or driveway shall yield the right of way to any vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley approaching from the opposite direction, whenever the approaching vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley is within the intersection or so close to the intersection, alley, private road, or driveway as to constitute an immediate hazard.

(B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this division (B)(1) of this section, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(2) If the offender's violation of division (A) of this section resulted in serious physical harm to another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. The court also shall impose a class eight license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(8) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three or four, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of motor vehicles of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first twenty-five dollars of any fine collected under division (B)(2) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

(3) If the offender's violation of division (A) of this section resulted in the death of another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. The court also shall impose a class seven license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three, four, five, or six, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first fifty dollars of any fine collected under division (B)(3) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4511.43.  (A) Except when directed to proceed by a law enforcement officer, every driver of a vehicle or trackless trolley approaching a stop sign shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or, if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering it. After having stopped, the driver shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time the driver is moving across or within the intersection or junction of roadways.

(B) The driver of a vehicle or trackless trolley approaching a yield sign shall slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions and, if required for safety to stop, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or, if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering it. After slowing or stopping, the driver shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle or trackless trolley in the intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time the driver is moving across or within the intersection or junction of roadways. Whenever a driver is involved in a collision with a vehicle or trackless trolley in the intersection or junction of roadways, after driving past a yield sign without stopping, the collision shall be prima-facie evidence of the driver's failure to yield the right-of-way.

(C)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this division (C)(1) of this section, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(2) If the offender's violation of division (A) or (B) of this section resulted in serious physical harm to another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. The court also shall impose a class eight license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(8) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three or four, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of motor vehicles of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first twenty-five dollars of any fine collected under division (C)(2) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

(3) If the offender's violation of division (A) or (B) of this section resulted in the death of another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. The court also shall impose a class seven license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three, four, five, or six, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first fifty dollars of any fine collected under division (C)(3) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4511.431.  (A) The driver of a vehicle or trackless trolley emerging from an alley, building, private road, or driveway within a business or residence district shall stop the vehicle or trackless trolley immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across the alley, building entrance, road, or driveway, or in the event there is no sidewalk area, shall stop at the point nearest the street to be entered where the driver has a view of approaching traffic thereon.

(B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this division (B)(1) of this section, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(2) If the offender's violation of division (A) of this section resulted in serious physical harm to another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. The court also shall impose a class eight license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(8) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three or four, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of motor vehicles of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first twenty-five dollars of any fine collected under division (B)(2) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

(3) If the offender's violation of division (A) of this section resulted in the death of another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. The court also shall impose a class seven license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three, four, five, or six, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first fifty dollars of any fine collected under division (B)(3) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4511.44.  (A) The operator of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley about to enter or cross a highway from any place other than another roadway shall yield the right of way to all traffic approaching on the roadway to be entered or crossed.

(B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this division (B)(1) of this section, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(2) If the offender's violation of division (A) of this section resulted in serious physical harm to another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. The court also shall impose a class eight license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(8) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three or four, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of motor vehicles of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first twenty-five dollars of any fine collected under division (B)(2) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

(3) If the offender's violation of division (A) of this section resulted in the death of another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. The court also shall impose a class seven license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three, four, five, or six, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first fifty dollars of any fine collected under division (B)(3) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4511.441.  (A) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian on a sidewalk.

(B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this division (B)(1) of this section, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(2) If the offender's violation of division (A) of this section resulted in serious physical harm to another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. The court also shall impose a class eight license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(8) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three or four, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of motor vehicles of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first twenty-five dollars of any fine collected under division (B)(2) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

(3) If the offender's violation of division (A) of this section resulted in the death of another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. The court also shall impose a class seven license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three, four, five, or six, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first fifty dollars of any fine collected under division (B)(3) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4511.45.  (A)(1) Upon the approach of a public safety vehicle or coroner's vehicle, equipped with at least one flashing, rotating or oscillating light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of the vehicle and the driver is giving an audible signal by siren, exhaust whistle, or bell, no driver of any other vehicle shall fail to yield the right-of-way, immediately drive if practical to a position parallel to, and as close as possible to, the right edge or curb of the highway clear of any intersection, and stop and remain in that position until the public safety vehicle or coroner's vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer.

(2) Upon the approach of a public safety vehicle or coroner's vehicle, as stated in division (A)(1) of this section, no operator of any streetcar or trackless trolley shall fail to immediately stop the streetcar or trackless trolley clear of any intersection and keep it in that position until the public safety vehicle or coroner's vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer.

(B) This section does not relieve the driver of a public safety vehicle or coroner's vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons and property upon the highway.

(C) This section applies to a coroner's vehicle only when the vehicle is operated in accordance with section 4513.171 of the Revised Code. As used in this section, "coroner's vehicle" means a vehicle used by a coroner, deputy coroner, or coroner's investigator that is equipped with a flashing, oscillating, or rotating red or blue light and a siren, exhaust whistle, or bell capable of giving an audible signal.

(D)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this division (D)(1) of this section, whoever violates division (A)(1) or (2) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense. On a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree, and, on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.

(2)(a) If the offender's violation of division (A)(1) or (2) of this section resulted in serious physical harm to another person and the offender, within one year of the offense, has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one or fewer violations of division (A)(1) or (2) of this section, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (D)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. The court also shall impose a class eight license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(8) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three or four, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of motor vehicles of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first twenty-five dollars of any fine collected under division (D)(2)(a) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

(b) If the offender's violation of division (A)(1) or (2) of this section resulted in serious physical harm to another person and the offender, within one year of the offense, has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more violations of division (A)(1) or (2) of this section, the court shall impose a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars. The court also shall impose a class eight license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(8) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three or four, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of motor vehicles of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first thirty-eight dollars of any fine collected under division (D)(2)(b) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

(3) If the offender's violation of division (A)(1) or (2) of this section resulted in the death of another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (D)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. The court also shall impose a class seven license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three, four, five, or six, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first fifty dollars of any fine collected under division (D)(3) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4511.451.  (A) As used in this section, "funeral procession" means two or more vehicles accompanying the cremated remains or the body of a deceased person in the daytime when each of the vehicles has its headlights lighted and is displaying a purple and white or an orange and white pennant attached to each vehicle in such a manner as to be clearly visible to traffic approaching from any direction.

(B) Excepting public safety vehicles proceeding in accordance with section 4511.45 of the Revised Code or when directed otherwise by a police officer, pedestrians and the operators of all vehicles, street cars, and trackless trolleys shall yield the right of way to each vehicle that is a part of a funeral procession. Whenever the lead vehicle in a funeral procession lawfully enters an intersection, the remainder of the vehicles in the procession may continue to follow the lead vehicle through the intersection notwithstanding any traffic control devices or right of way provisions of the Revised Code, provided that the operator of each vehicle exercises due care to avoid colliding with any other vehicle or pedestrian.

(C) No person shall operate any vehicle as a part of a funeral procession without having the headlights of the vehicle lighted and without displaying a purple and white or an orange and white pennant in such a manner as to be clearly visible to traffic approaching from any direction.

(D)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this division (D)(1) of this section, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(2) If the offender's violation of division (B) of this section resulted in serious physical harm to another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (D)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. The court also shall impose a class eight license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(8) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three or four, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of motor vehicles of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first twenty-five dollars of any fine collected under division (D)(2) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

(3) If the offender's violation of division (B) of this section resulted in the death of another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (D)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. The court also shall impose a class seven license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three, four, five, or six, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first fifty dollars of any fine collected under division (D)(3) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4511.46.  (A) When traffic control signals are not in place, not in operation, or are not clearly assigning the right-of-way, the driver of a vehicle, trackless trolley, or streetcar shall yield the right of way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield or if required by section 4511.132 of the Revised Code, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling, or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger.

(B) No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle, trackless trolley, or streetcar which is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard.

(C) Division (A) of this section does not apply under the conditions stated in division (B) of section 4511.48 of the Revised Code.

(D) Whenever any vehicle, trackless trolley, or streetcar is stopped at a marked crosswalk or at any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, the driver of any other vehicle, trackless trolley, or streetcar approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass the stopped vehicle.

(E)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this division (E)(1) of this section, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(2) If the offender's violation of division (A) or (D) of this section resulted in serious physical harm to another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (E)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. The court also shall impose a class eight license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(8) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three or four, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of motor vehicles of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first twenty-five dollars of any fine collected under division (E)(2) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

(3) If the offender's violation of division (A) or (D) of this section resulted in the death of another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (E)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. The court also shall impose a class seven license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three, four, five, or six, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first fifty dollars of any fine collected under division (E)(3) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4511.47.  (A) As used in this section "blind person" or "blind pedestrian" means a person having not more than 20/200 visual acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses or visual acuity greater than 20/200 but with a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees.

The driver of every vehicle shall yield the right of way to every blind pedestrian guided by a guide dog, or carrying a cane which is predominantly white or metallic in color, with or without a red tip.

(B) No person, other than a blind person, while on any public highway, street, alley, or other public thoroughfare shall carry a white or metallic cane with or without a red tip.

(C)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this division (C)(1) of this section, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

(2) If the offender's violation of division (A) of this section resulted in serious physical harm to another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. The court also shall impose a class eight license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(8) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three or four, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of motor vehicles of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first twenty-five dollars of any fine collected under division (C)(2) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

(3) If the offender's violation of division (A) of this section resulted in the death of another person, the court, in addition to any penalty the court imposes upon the offender pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section and notwithstanding section 2929.28 of the Revised Code, shall impose a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. The court also shall impose a class seven license suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. The court also shall assess at least two, and may assess three, four, five, or six, points against the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege. The court shall notify the registrar of the number of points assessed in accordance with sections 4510.03 to 4510.036 of the Revised Code.

The court shall forward the first fifty dollars of any fine collected under division (C)(3) of this section to the treasurer of state for deposit into the highway safety education fund created by section 4501.14 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 4513.39.  (A) The state highway patrol and sheriffs or their deputies shall exercise, to the exclusion of all other peace officers except within municipal corporations and except as specified in division (B) of this section and division (E) of section 2935.03 of the Revised Code, the power to make arrests for violations on all state highways, of sections 4503.11, 4503.21, 4511.14 to 4511.16, 4511.20 to 4511.23, 4511.26 to 4511.40, 4511.42 to 4511.48, 4511.58, 4511.59, 4511.62 to 4511.71, 4513.03 to 4513.13, 4513.15 to 4513.22, 4513.24 to 4513.34, 4549.01, 4549.08 to 4549.12, and 4549.62 of the Revised Code.

(B) A member of the police force of a township police district created under section 505.48 of the Revised Code, and a township constable appointed pursuant to section 509.01 of the Revised Code, who has received a certificate from the Ohio peace officer training commission under section 109.75 of the Revised Code, shall exercise the power to make arrests for violations of those sections listed in division (A) of this section, other than sections 4513.33 and 4513.34 of the Revised Code, as follows:

(1) If the population of the township that created the township police district served by the member's police force or the township that is served by the township constable is fifty thousand or less, the member or constable shall exercise that power on those portions of all state highways, except those highways included as part of the interstate system, as defined in section 5516.01 of the Revised Code, that are located within the township police district, in the case of a member of a township police district police force, or within the unincorporated territory of the township, in the case of a township constable;

(2) If the population of the township that created the township police district served by the member's police force or the township that is served by the township constable is greater than fifty thousand, the member or constable shall exercise that power on those portions of all state highways and highways included as part of the interstate highway system, as defined in section 5516.01 of the Revised Code, that are located within the township police district, in the case of a member of a township police district police force, or within the unincorporated territory of the township, in the case of a township constable.

(C)(1) When investigating a motor vehicle accident that involves an offender's motor vehicle and another motor vehicle, a bicycle, or a pedestrian in which an injured person who is not the offender is transported to a medical facility for emergency medical treatment, if the state highway patrol trooper, sheriff, sheriff's deputy, or other peace officer investigating the accident has reason to believe that serious physical harm to, or the death of, that person has occurred as a result of a violation of any of the provisions of sections 4511.01 to 4511.76 of the Revised Code, the state highway patrol trooper, sheriff, sheriff's deputy, or other peace officer may issue to the offender a ticket, citation, or summons of the type described in division (C)(3) of this section for the violation that charges that the offender committed the violation and that the violation resulted in serious physical harm to, or the death of, another person, whichever is applicable.

(2) If an injured person is transported to a medical facility as described in division (C)(1) of this section and the medical facility informs the investigating trooper, sheriff, sheriff's deputy, or other peace officer that the offender caused serious physical harm to, or the death of, the injured person, if the offender has not been issued a ticket, citation, or summons for the violation under division (C)(1) of this section, and if the offender is not subject to indictment for any other violation arising from the motor vehicle accident, the investigating trooper, sheriff, sheriff's deputy, or other peace officer may issue to the offender a ticket, citation, or summons of the type described in division (C)(3) of this section for the violation of a provision of sections 4511.01 to 4511.76 of the Revised Code that charges that the offender committed the violation and that the violation resulted in serious physical harm to, or the death of, another person, whichever is applicable.

(3) A ticket, citation, or summons issued as described in division (C)(1) or (2) of this section shall indicate that the offender is not permitted to enter a written plea of guilty and waive the offender's right to contest the ticket, citation, or summons in a trial but instead must appear in person in the proper court to answer the charge.

Section 2. That existing sections 4510.02, 4510.036, 4511.21, 4511.33, 4511.41, 4511.42, 4511.43, 4511.431, 4511.44, 4511.441, 4511.45, 4511.451, 4511.46, 4511.47, and 4513.39 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.