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373.08 RECKLESS OPERATION; CONTROL,COURSE AND SPEED. (a) No person shall operate a bicycle or mobility device: (1) Without due regard for the safety and rights of pedestrians and drivers and occupants of all other vehicles,and so as to endanger the life,limb or property of any person while in the lawful use of the streets or sidewalks or any other public or private property; (2) Without exercising reasonable and ordinary control over such bicycle or mobility device; (3) In a weaving or zigzag course unless such irregular course is necessary for safe operation in compliance with law; (4) Without both hands upon the handle grips except when necessary to give the required hand and arm signals,or as provided in Section 373.02(d); (5) At a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing. (b) No person operating an e-scooter shall exceed a speed at greater than twelve (12)miles.per hour. (c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense;on a second offense within one year after the first offense,the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense,the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. Section 13. Section 373.09 Compliance with Traffic Signal Control Devices Required, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, currently reading as follows: 373.09 COMPLIANCE WITH TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL DEVICES REQUIRED. (a) Any person operating a bicycle shall obey the instructions of official traffic signals,signs and other control devices applicable to 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 operating a bicycle shall disobey the direction of any such sign, except where such person dismounts from the bicycle to make any such tam, in which event such person shall then obey the regulations applicable to pedestrians. is hereby repealed and new Section 373.09 Compliance with Traffic Signal Control Devices Required, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, is hereby enacted to read as follows. 373.09 COMPLIANCE WITH TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL DEVICES REQUIRED. (a) Any person operating a bicycle or mobility device shall obey the instructions of official traffic signals,signs and other control devices applicable to 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 operating a bicycle or mobility device shall disobey the direction of any such sign, except where such person dismounts from the bicycle or mobility device to make any such turn,in which event such person shall then obey the regulations applicable to pedestrians. Section 14. Section 373.10 Riding on Sidewalk, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, currently reading as follows: 373.10 RIDING ON SIDEWALK. 10