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14A Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty 303.04 <br />303.03 OFFICER 1VIAY REMOVE IGNITION'KEY. <br />A law enforcement officer may remove the ignition key left in the ignition switch <br />of an unlocked and unattended motor vehicle .parked on a street or highway, or any <br />public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking. <br />The officer removing such key shall place notification upon the vehicle detailing his <br />name and badge number, the place where such key may be reclaimed and the procedure <br />for reclaiming such key. The key shall be returned to the owner of the motor vehicle <br />upon presentation of proof of ownership. (ORC 4549.05) <br />303.04 ROAD WORKERS, MOTOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT EXCEPTED. <br />The provisions of this Traffic Code do not apply to persons, teams, motor vehicles <br />and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon the surface of a street or <br />highway within an area designated b?l traffic control devices, but apply to such persons <br />and vehicles when traveling to or from such work. <br />The drivers of snow plows, traffic line stripers, road sweepers, mowing machines, <br />tar distributing vehicles and other vehicles utilized in snow and ice removal or road <br />surface maintenance, while engaged in work upon a street or highway, provided such <br />vehicles are equipped with flashing lights and such other markings as are required <br />by law, and such lights are in operation when the vehicles are so engaged shall be <br />exempt from criminal prosecution for violations of Sections 331.01 to 331.04, inclusive, <br />331.06 to 331.08, inclusive, 331.31, 333.04 and Ohio R.C. 4511.66. Such exemption <br />shall not apply to such drivers when their vehicles are not so engaged. This section <br />shall not exempt a driver of such equipment from civil liability arising from the <br />violation of the sections referred to herein. (ORC 4511.04) <br />1994 Replacement