§ 34-4. Restrictions on use and operation.

A. 

A person operating, using or propelling a bicycle shall not ride other than upon or astride a permanent and regular seat attached thereto nor carry any other person upon such bicycle other than upon a firmly attached and regular seat thereon.

B. 

No person in the use and operation of a bicycle shall carry more persons at one time than the number for which said bicycle is designed and equipped.

C. 

Every person operating or using a bicycle upon a public roadway shall ride in single file as near to the right side of the traveled pavement or other traveled surface of the roadway as is practicable, exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction; and, whenever possible, such persons shall ride on the shoulder of such roadway.

D. 

Wherever usable paths for bicycles have been provided adjacent to a roadway, bicycle riders shall use such paths and shall not use the roadway.

E. 

No person operating or using a bicycle upon a public roadway shall pass between lines of traffic, but may pass on the left of traffic moving in his direction in the case of a two-way street, or on the left or right of traffic in the case of a one-way street, in an unoccupied lane.

F. 

Persons may operate or use bicycles on the sidewalks in the Township, but such persons shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and give audible signals before overtaking and passing pedestrians.

G. 

No person riding upon or operating any bicycle shall attach the same or himself to any vehicle upon a public roadway. No person operating a bicycle shall operate the same in other than the normal manner for which the bicycle was designed.

H. 

Any person dismounting from his bicycle and walking becomes a pedestrian and must obey the laws concerning pedestrian traffic. Any person walking a bicycle on the public roadways where no sidewalks or paths are available must walk on the left side of the roadway facing oncoming traffic.

Editor's Note: Original Section 16-6, Bicycle equipment, which immediately followed this section, was deleted 7-22-2002.