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303.01 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWFUL ORDER OF POLICE OFFICER; <br />FLEEING. <br />(a) No person shall fail to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police <br />officer invested with authority to direct, control or regulate traffic. <br />(b) No person shall operate a motor vehicle so as willfully to elude or flee a police <br />officer after receiving a visible or audible signal from a police officer to bring his motor <br />vehicle to a stop. (ORC 2921.331) <br />(EDITOR'S NOTE: Refer to Ohio R.C. 2921.331 for filing charges under subsection <br />(b) hereof since the jury or judge as trier of fact may determine the violation to be a felony.) <br />303.02 TRAFFIC DIRECTION IN EMERGENCIES; .OBEDIENCE TO SCHOOL <br />GUARD. <br />(a) Police officers shall direct or regulate traffic in accordance with the provisions <br />of this Traffic Code, provided that, in the event of fire or other emergency or to expedite <br />traffic or safeguard pedestrians, they are authorized to direct traffic as conditions may require <br />notwithstanding the provisions of this Traffic Code. Firemen, when at the scene of a fire, may <br />direct or assist the police in directing traffic thereat or in the immediate vicinity. The direction <br />of traffic may be by word or audible signal, by gesture or visible signal or by any combination <br />thereof. No person shall fail. to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer <br />or fireman issued pursuant to this section. <br />(b) No person shall fail to comply with any lawful order or direction of any school <br />crossing guard invested with authority to direct, control or regulate traffic in the vicinity of the <br />school to which such guard may be assigned. <br />1998 Replacement <br />