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303.041 TRAFFIC CODE 14B
<br />303.041 EMERGENCY, PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORONER'S VEHICLES
<br />EXEMPT.
<br />(a) Ohio R.C. 4511.12, 4511.13, 4511.131, 4511.132, 4511.14, 4511.15, 4511.202,
<br />4511.21, 4511.211, 4511.22, 4511.23, 4511.25, 4511.26, 4511.27, 4511.28, 4511.29, 4511.30,
<br />4511.31, 4511.32, 4511.33, 4511.34, 4511.35, 4511.36, 4511.37, 4511.38, 4511.39, 4511.40,
<br />4511.41, 4511.42, 4511.43, 4511.431, 4511.432, 4511.44, 4511.441, 4511.57, 4511.58,
<br />4511.59, 4511.60, 4511.61, 4511.62, 4511.66, 4511.68, 4511.681 and 4511.69 and all sections
<br />of this Traffic Code or other municipal ordinances that are substantially equivalent to the sections
<br />listed above, do not apply to the driver of an emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle if the
<br />emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle is responding to an emergency call, is equipped with
<br />and displaying at least one flashing, rotating or oscillating light visible under normal atmospheric
<br />conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the front of the vehicle and if the driver of the vehicle
<br />is giving an audible signal by siren, exhaust whistle or bell. This section does not relieve the
<br />driver of an emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for
<br />the safety of all persons and property upon the highway. (ORC 4511.041)
<br />(b) Ohio R.C. 4511.25, 4511.26, 4511.27, 4511.28, 4511.29, 4511.30, 4511.31,
<br />4511.32; 4511.33, 4511.35, 4511.36, 4511.37, 4511.38 and 4511.66, and all sections. of this
<br />Traffic Code or other municipal ordinances that are substantially equivalent to the sections listed
<br />above, do not apply to a coroner, deputy coroner, or coroner's investigator operating a motor
<br />vehicle in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4513.171. This section does not relieve a coroner, deputy
<br />coroner, or coroner's investigator operating a motor vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard
<br />for the safety of all persons and property upon the highway. (ORC 4511.042)
<br />303.05 APPLICATION TO PERSONS RIDING, DRIVING ANIMALS UPON
<br />ROADWAY.
<br />Every person riding, driving or leading an animal upon a roadway shall be subject to the
<br />provisions of this Traffic Code applicable to the driver of a vehicle, except those provisions of
<br />such sections which by their nature are inapplicable. (ORC 4511.05)
<br />303.06 FREEWAY USE PROHIBITED BY PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLES AND
<br />ANIMALS.
<br />No person, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, shall:
<br />(a) As a pedestrian, occupy any space within the limits of the right-of--way of a
<br />freeway, except: in a rest area; on a facility that is separated from the roadway
<br />and shoulders of the freeway .and is designed and appropriately marked -for
<br />pedestrian use; in the performance of public works or official duties; as a result
<br />of an emergency caused by an accident or breakdown of a motor vehicle; or to
<br />obtain assistance;
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