49-07 Repeal & Replace Chpt 373 Bicycle Traffic (amended 1/19/10 95-09)

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373.09 COMPLIANCE WITH TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL DEVICES REQUIRED. (a) Any person operating a bicycle shall obey the instructions of official trsffic signals, signs and other Control devices applicable t6 vehicles, unless otherwise directed by a police officer. (b) Whenever authorized signs are erected that no right or left or "U" turns are permitted, no person operat'mg a bicycle shall disobey the direction of any such sign, except where such person dismounts from the bicycle to make any such turn, in which event such person shall then obey ~the regulations applicable to pedestri- ans. 373 10 RID1NG ON SIDEWALK (a) Except as provided in section (b) below, it shall be legal to operate a bicycle upon a sidewalk when sidewalks axe available and not congested with pedestrian traffic. If the sidewalk is congested with pedestrian tr~ffic~ any bicycle operator using the sidewalk shall walk the bicycle, At no time shall a bicyclist under the age of eight years operate a bicycle on Berea Road; Detroit Avenue; Madison Avenue; Warren Road between Franldin Boulevard and Detroit Avenue; or West 117 Street, unless while under the supervision of an adult. (b) NO person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk, upon or along which signs have been erected by anthority of the Director of Public Safety prohibiting such bicycle riding. (c) A person propelling a bicycle upon and along a sidewalk, or across a roadway upon and along a crosswalk, shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian and shall give audible signal before overtaldng and passing such pedestrian. This au- dible signal may be given by the voice or by a bell or other warning device capa- ble of giving an audible signal and shall be given at such a distance and in such a manner as not to startle person or persons being overtaken and passed. (d) A person operating a bicycle upon a sidewalk, before overtaking and passing a blind person carrying a white cane or guided by a dog, shall dismount and over- take or pass on foot, if necessary for safety. (e) A person shall not operate a bicycle from a sidewalk so as to suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and move into the path ora vehicle that is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. (~) No person shall operate a bicycle on a sidewalk at a speed greater than an or- dinary walk when approaching or entering a crosswalk or approaching or crossing a driveway if a vehicle is approaching the crosswalk or driveway. This paragraph does not require reduced speeds for bicycles when other vehicles are not present.