CROSS REFERENCES
See sectional histories for similar State law.
Obedience to traffic control devices, CO 413.01
Intersections where right turns on red prohibited, CO 413.09, 413.10
Operation of bicycles and motorcycles, CO Ch 473
Regulations for motor vehicle operation in parks, CO 559.59
Motor vehicle operation at airports, CO 571.24 et seq.
Funeral processions on drawbridges, CO 577.11
(a) Upon all roadways of sufficient width, a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway, except as follows:
(1) When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction, or when making a left turn under the rules governing such movements;
(2) When an obstruction exists making it necessary to drive to the left of the center of the highway; provided, any person so doing shall yield the right of way to all vehicles traveling in the proper direction upon the unobstructed portion of the highway within such distance as to constitute an immediate hazard;
(3) When driving upon a roadway divided into three or more marked lanes for traffic under the rules applicable thereon;
(4) When driving upon a roadway designated and posted with signs for one-way traffic;
(5) When otherwise directed by a police officer or traffic control device.
(b) Upon all roadways any vehicle proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall be driven in the right-hand lane then available for traffic, or as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction or when preparing for a left turn.
(c) Upon any roadway having four or more lanes for moving traffic and providing for two-way movement of traffic, no vehicle shall be driven to the left of the center line of the roadway, except when authorized by official traffic control devices designating certain lanes to the left of the center of the roadway for use by traffic not otherwise permitted to use the lanes, or except as permitted under subsection (a)(2) hereof.
Subsection (c) hereof shall not be construed as prohibiting the crossing of the center line in making a left turn into or from an alley, private road or driveway.
(RC 4511.25; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
Operators of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right, and upon roadways having width for not more than one line of traffic in each direction, each operator shall give to the other one-half of the main traveled portion of the roadway or as nearly one-half as is reasonably possible.
(RC 4511.26; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
The following rules govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles proceeding in the same direction:
(a) The operator of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction shall, except as provided in subsection (c) hereof, signal to the vehicle to be overtaken, shall pass to the left thereof at a safe distance, and shall not again drive to the right side of the roadway until safely clear of the overtaken vehicle.
(b) Except when overtaking and passing on the right is permitted, the operator of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle at the latter's audible signal, and he shall not increase the speed of his vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.
(c) The operator of a vehicle overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction on a divided street or highway as defined in Section 431.31, a limited access highway as defined in RC 5511.02 or a highway with four or more traffic lanes, is not required to signal audibly to the vehicle being overtaken and passed.
(RC 4511.27; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
(a) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle only under the following conditions:
(1) When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn;
(2) Upon a roadway with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for two or more lines of vehicles moving lawfully in the direction being traveled by the overtaking vehicle.
(b) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle only under conditions permitting such movement in safety. The movement shall not be made by driving off the roadway.
(RC 4511.28; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
No vehicle shall be driven to the left of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing traffic proceeding in the same direction, unless such left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be completely made, without interfering with the safe operation of any traffic approaching from the opposite direction or any traffic overtaken. In every event the overtaking vehicle must return to an authorized lane of travel as soon as practicable, and in the event the passing movement involves the use of a lane authorized for traffic approaching from the opposite direction before coming within 200 feet of any approaching vehicle.
(RC 4511.29; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
No vehicle shall be driven upon the left side of the roadway under the following conditions:
(a) When approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve in the highway, where the operator's view is obstructed within such a distance as to create a hazard in the event traffic might approach from the opposite direction;
(b) When the view is obstructed upon approaching within 100 feet of any bridge, viaduct or tunnel;
(c) When approaching within 100 feet of or traversing any intersection or railroad grade crossing.
This section does not apply to vehicles upon a one-way roadway, upon a roadway where traffic is lawfully directed to be driven to the left side or under the conditions described in Section 431.01(a)(2).
(RC 4511.30; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
Hazardous zones, commonly called "no passing zones," shall consist of an auxiliary yellow line marked on the roadway pavement and placed parallel to the normal center line or marked lane line. When the auxiliary yellow line appears on the left side in the driver's lane of travel and to the right of the normal center line or marked lane line, no driver shall drive across the auxiliary yellow line to overtake and pass another vehicle proceeding in the same direction. When auxiliary yellow lines appear on both sides of the normal center line or marked lane line, drivers proceeding in either direction shall not drive across such auxiliary yellow lines to overtake and pass another vehicle proceeding in the same direction. No driver shall, at any other time, drive across the yellow auxiliary line when it appears in the driver's lane of travel, except to make a lawfully permitted left-hand turn under the rules governing such movement. No passing signs may also be erected facing traffic to indicate the beginning and end of each no passing zone.
When appropriate signs or markings indicating hazardous or no passing zones are in place and clearly visible, every operator of a vehicle shall obey the directions thereof, notwithstanding the distance set out in Section 431.06.
(RC 4511.31; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
Whenever any roadway has been divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic or wherever traffic is lawfully moving in two or more substantially continuous lines in the same direction, the following rules apply;
(a) A vehicle shall be driven, as nearly as is practicable, entirely within a single lane or line of traffic and shall not be moved from such lane or line until the driver has first ascertained that such movement can be made with safety.
(b) Upon a roadway which is divided into three lanes and provides for two-way movement of traffic, a vehicle shall not be driven in the center lane except when overtaking and passing another vehicle where the roadway is clearly visible and such center lane is clear of traffic within a safe distance, or when preparing for a left turn, or where such center lane is at the time allocated exclusively to traffic moving in the direction the vehicle is proceeding and is posted with signs to give notice of such allocation.
(c) Official signs may be erected directing specified traffic to use a designated lane or designating those lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction regardless of the center of the roadway, and drivers of vehicles shall obey the directions of such signs.
(d) Official traffic control devices may be installed prohibiting the changing of lanes on sections of roadway, and drivers of vehicles shall obey the directions of every such device.
(RC 4511.33; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
(a) The operator of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicle, and the traffic upon and the condition of the street.
(b) The driver of any truck, or motor vehicle drawing another vehicle, when traveling upon a roadway outside a business or residence district shall maintain a sufficient space, whenever conditions permit, between such vehicle and another vehicle ahead so an overtaking motor vehicle may enter and occupy such space without danger. This paragraph does not prevent overtaking and passing nor does it apply to any lane specially designated for use by trucks.
(c) Motor vehicles being driven upon any roadway outside of a business or residence district in a caravan or motorcade, shall maintain a sufficient space between such vehicles so an overtaking vehicle may enter and occupy such space without danger. This paragraph shall not apply to funeral processions.
(RC 4511.34; Ord. No. 91-96. Passed 3-18-96, eff. 3-26-96)
The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall be governed by the following rules:
(a) Approach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.
(b) At any intersection where traffic is permitted to move in both directions on each roadway entering the intersection, an approach for a left turn shall be made in that portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the center line thereof and by passing to the right of such center line where it enters the intersection, and after entering the intersection the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection to the right of the center line of the roadway being entered. Whenever practicable the left turn shall be made in that portion of the intersection to the left of the center of the intersection.
(c) At any intersection where traffic is restricted to one direction on one or more of the roadways, the driver of a vehicle intending to turn left at any such intersection shall approach the intersection in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction of travel of such vehicle, and after entering the intersection the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection, as nearly as practicable, in the left-hand lane of the roadway being entered lawfully available to the traffic moving in that lane.
(d) Markers, buttons or signs may be placed within or adjacent to intersections and thereby require and direct that a different course from that specified in this section be traveled by vehicles turning at an intersection, and when such markers, buttons or signs are so placed, no operator of a vehicle shall turn such vehicle at an intersection other than as directed and required by such markers, buttons or signs.
(RC 4511.36; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
The driver of a vehicle intending to turn into a private road or driveway, alley or building from a public street or highway shall be governed by the following rules:
(a) Approach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.
(b) Upon a roadway where traffic is proceeding in opposite directions, approach for a left turn and a left turn shall be made from that portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the center line thereof.
(c) Upon a roadway where traffic is restricted to one direction, approach for a left turn and a left turn shall be made as close as practicable to the left-hand curb or edge of the roadway.
The driver of any vehicle entering a private road or driveway, alley or building shall yield the right of way to pedestrians lawfully using the sidewalk or sidewalk area extending across any alleyway.
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
(a) Except as provided in division (b) of this section, no vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve, or upon the approach to or near the crest of a grade, if such vehicle cannot be seen within 500 feet by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction.
(b) The driver of an emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle, when responding to an emergency call, may turn the vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction. This division applies only when the emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle is responding to an emergency call, is equipped with and displaying at least one flashing, rotating, or oscillating light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of the vehicle, and when the driver of the vehicle is giving an audible signal by siren, exhaust whistle, or bell. This division does not relieve the driver of an emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons and property upon the highway. (RC 4511.37)
(c) No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction within an intersection, or upon any street in a business district, or upon a freeway, expressway or controlled-access highway, or where authorized signs are erected to prohibit such movement, or at any other location unless such movement can be made with reasonable safety to other users of the street and without interfering with the safe operation of any traffic that may be affected by such movement.
(Ord. No. 91-96. Passed 3-18-96, eff. 3-26-96)
No person shall start a vehicle which is stopped, standing or parked until such movement can be made with reasonable safety.
Before backing, operators of vehicles shall give ample warning, and while backing they shall exercise vigilance not to injure person or property on the street or highway.
No person shall back a motor vehicle on a freeway, except in a rest area; in the performance of public works or official duties; as a result of an emergency caused by an accident or breakdown of a motor vehicle. (RC 4511.38;
Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
No person shall turn a vehicle or move right or left upon a highway unless and until such person has exercised due care to ascertain that the movement can be made with reasonable safety, nor without giving an appropriate signal in the manner hereinafter provided.
When required, a signal of intention to turn or move right or left shall be given continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled by the vehicle before turning.
No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided herein to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear when there is opportunity to give a signal.
Any stop or turn signal required by this section shall be given either by means of the hand and arm, or by signal lights that clearly indicate to both approaching and following traffic intention to turn or move right or left, except that any motor vehicle in use on a highway shall be equipped with, and the required signal shall be given by, signal lights when the distance from the center of the top of the steering post to the left outside limit of the body, cab or load of such motor vehicle exceeds twenty-four inches, or when the distance from the center of the top of the steering post to the rear limit of the body or load thereof exceeds fourteen feet, whether a single vehicle or a combination of vehicles.
The signal lights required by this section shall not be flashed on one side only on a disabled vehicle, flashed as a courtesy or "do pass" signal to operators of other vehicles approaching from the rear, nor be flashed on one side only of a parked vehicle except as may be necessary for compliance with this section.
(RC 4511.39; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
All signals required by this Traffic Code, when given by hand and arm shall be given from the left side of the vehicle in the following manner, and such signals shall indicate as follows:
(a) Left turn: Hand and arm extended horizontally;
(b) Right turn: Hand and arm extended upward;
(c) Stop or decrease speed: Hand and arm extended downward.
(RC 4511.40; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
(a) When two vehicles approach or enter an intersection from different streets or highways at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right of way to the vehicle on the right.
(b) The right of way rule declared in subsection (a) hereof, is modified at through highways and otherwise as stated in this Traffic Code and RC Chapter 4511.
(RC 4511.41; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
The operator of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road or driveway shall yield the right of way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction, whenever the approaching vehicle is within the intersection or so close to the intersection, alley, private road or driveway as to constitute an immediate hazard.
(RC 4511.42; Ord. No. 1459-78. Passed 11-22-78, eff. 11-30-78)
The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions and, if required for safety to stop, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or, if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering it. After slowing or stopping, the driver shall yield the right of way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time the driver is moving across or within the intersection or junction of roadways. Whenever a driver is involved in a collision with a vehicle in the intersection or junction of roadways, after driving past a yield sign without stopping, the collision shall be prima- facie evidence of the driver's failure to yield the right of way.
(RC 4511.43(B); Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
Except when directed to proceed by a law enforcement officer, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop sign shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or, if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering it. After having stopped, the driver shall yield the right of way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time the driver is moving across or within the intersection or junction of roadways.
(RC 4511.43(A); Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
The driver of any emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle, when responding to an emergency call, upon approaching a red or stop signal or any stop sign shall slow down as necessary for safety to traffic, but may proceed cautiously past such red or stop sign or signal with due regard for the safety of all persons using the street or highway.
(RC 4511.03; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
Upon the approach of a public safety vehicle, equipped with at least one flashing, rotating or oscillating light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the front of such vehicle and the driver is giving audible signal by siren, exhaust whistle or bell, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right of way, immediately drive to a position parallel to and as close as possible to, the right edge or curb of the street clear of any intersection, and stop and remain in such position until the public safety vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer.
This section does not relieve the driver of a public safety vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons and property upon the street.
(RC 4511.45; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
The operator of a vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from any place other than another roadway shall yield the right of way to all traffic approaching on the roadway to be entered or crossed.
(RC 4511.44; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, building, private road or driveway within a business or residence district shall stop the vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across the alley, building entrance, road or driveway, or in the event there is no sidewalk area, shall stop at the point nearest the street to be entered where the driver has a view of approaching traffic thereon.
(RC 4511.431; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
As used in this section, "funeral procession" means two or more vehicles accompanying the body of a deceased person in the daytime when each of such vehicles has its headlights lighted and is displaying a purple and white pennant attached to each vehicle in such a manner as to be clearly visible to traffic approaching from any direction.
Excepting public safety vehicles proceeding in accordance with Section 431.21 or when directed otherwise by a police officer, pedestrians and the operators of all vehicles shall yield the right of way to each vehicle which is a part of a funeral procession. Whenever the lead vehicle in a funeral procession lawfully enters an intersection, the remainder of the vehicles in such procession may continue to follow such lead vehicle through the intersection notwithstanding any traffic control devices or right-of-way provisions of this Traffic Code, provided the operator of each vehicle exercises due care to avoid colliding with any other vehicle or pedestrian upon the roadway.
No person shall operate any vehicle as a part of a funeral procession without having the headlights of such vehicle lighted and without displaying a purple and white pennant in such a manner as to be clearly visible to traffic approaching from any direction.
(RC 4511.451; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
(a) No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there is in the front seat such number of persons, as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle or to interfere with the driver's control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
(b) No passenger in a vehicle shall ride in such position as to interfere with the driver's view ahead or to the sides, or to interfere with his control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
(RC 4511.70(A), (B); Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
No person shall drive upon, along or across a street or highway, or any part thereof, which has been closed in the process of its construction, reconstruction or repair, and posted with appropriate signs by the authority having jurisdiction to close such street or highway.
(RC 4511.71; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
The driver of any vehicle, other than an emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle on official business, shall not follow any emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle traveling in response to an alarm closer than 500 feet, or drive into or park such vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm, unless directed to do so by a police officer or a fireman.
(RC 4511.72; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
No vehicle shall, without the consent of the Fire Division official in command, be driven over any unprotected hose of the Fire Division, when such hose is laid down on any street or private driveway to be used at any fire or alarm of fire.
(RC 4511.73; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within a safety zone.
(RC 4511.60; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
Upon a roadway designated and posted with signs for one-way traffic a vehicle shall be driven only in the direction designated. A vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island shall be driven only to the right of such island.
(RC 4511.32; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
Whenever any street has been divided into two roadways by an intervening space, or by a physical barrier, or clearly indicated dividing section so constructed as to impede vehicular traffic, every vehicle shall be driven only upon the right-hand roadway, and no vehicle shall be driven over, across or within any such dividing space, barrier or median section, except through an opening, crossover or intersection established by public authority. This section does not prohibit the occupancy of such dividing space, barrier or median section for the purpose of an emergency stop or in compliance with an order of a police officer.
(RC 4511.35; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any controlled-access highway except at such entrances and exits as are established by public authority.
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
No driver shall enter an intersection or marked crosswalk or drive onto any railroad grade crossing unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection, crosswalk or grade crossing to accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles, pedestrians or railroad trains, notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication to proceed.
(RC 4511.712; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
(a) No person shall operate a motor vehicle or motorcycle upon any street or highway without exercising reasonable and ordinary control over such vehicle.
(b) No person shall operate a motor vehicle or motorcycle upon any street or highway in a weaving or zigzag course unless such irregular course is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.
(c) No person shall operate a motor vehicle or motorcycle without giving his full time and attention to the operation of such vehicle.
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
No person shall occupy any travel trailer or nonself-propelled manufactured home while it is being used as a conveyance upon a street or highway.
(RC 4511.701; Ord. No. 755-A-86. Passed 10-27-86, eff. 10-31-86)
No person shall unnecessarily race the motor of any vehicle and no person shall operate any motor vehicle, except in an emergency, in such a manner that the vehicle is so rapidly accelerated or started from a stopped position that the exhaust system emits a loud, cracking or chattering noise unusual to its normal operation, or whereby the tires of such vehicle squeal or leave tire marks on the roadway, commonly called "peeling."
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
(a) No person shall drive any vehicle, other than a bicycle, upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway or without first obtaining a permit from the Director of Public Service. (RC 4511.711)
(b) No person shall drive a vehicle on a street lawn area or the curb of a street, except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway or when otherwise lawfully authorized.
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
(a) The driver of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school child, person attending programs offered by community boards of mental health and county boards of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, or child attending a program offered by a head start agency, shall stop at least ten feet from the front or rear of the school bus and shall not proceed until such school bus resumes motion, or until signaled by the school bus driver to proceed.
It is no defense to a charge under division (a) of this section that the school bus involved failed to display or be equipped with an automatically extended stop warning sign as required by division (b) of this section.
(b) Every school bus shall be equipped with amber and red visual signals meeting with requirements of Section 4511.771 of the Revised Code, and an automatically extended stop warning sign of a type approved by the state board of education, which shall be actuated by the driver of the bus whenever but only whenever the bus is stopped or stopping on the roadway for the purpose of receiving or discharging school children, or persons attending programs offered by community boards of mental health and county boards of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, or children attending programs offered by head start agencies. A school bus driver shall not actuate the visual signals or the stop warning sign in designated school bus loading areas where the bus is entirely off the roadway or at school buildings when children or persons attending programs offered by community boards of mental health and county boards of mental retardation and developmental disabilities are loading or unloading at curbside or at buildings when children attending programs offered by head start agencies are loading or unloading at curbside. The visual signals and stop warning sign shall be synchronized or otherwise operated as required by rule of the board.
(c) Where a highway has been divided into four or more traffic lanes, a driver of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley need not stop for a school bus approaching from the opposite direction which has stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school child, persons attending programs offered by community boards of mental health and county boards of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, or children attending programs offered by head start agencies. The driver of any vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley overtaking the school bus shall comply with division (a) of this section.
(d) School buses operating on divided highways or on highways with four or more traffic lanes shall receive and discharge all school children, persons attending programs offered by community boards of mental health and county boards of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, and children attending programs offered by head start agencies on their residence side of the highway.
(e) No school bus driver shall start the driver's bus until after any child, person attending programs offered by community boards of mental health or county boards of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, or child attending a program offered by a head start agency who may have alighted therefrom has reached a place of safety on the child or person's residence side of the road.
(f) As used in this section:
(1) "Head start agency" has the same meaning as in division (A)(1) of Section 3301.31 of the Revised Code.
(2) "School bus," as used in relation to children who attend a program offered by a head start agency, means a bus that is owned and operated by a head start agency, is equipped with an automatically extended stop warning sign of a type approved by the state board of education, is painted the color and displays the markings described in Section 4511.77 of the Revised Code, and is equipped with amber and red visual signals meeting the requirements of Section 4511.771 of the Revised Code, irrespective of whether or not the bus has fifteen or more children aboard at any time. "School bus" does not include a van owned and operated by a head start agency, irrespective of its color, lights, or markings.
(RC 4511.75; Ord. No. 835-03. Passed 6-10-03, eff. 6-12-03)
(a) Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this section, he shall stop within fifty feet but not less than fifteen feet from the nearest rail of the railroad, and shall not proceed until he can do so safely. The foregoing requirements shall apply when:
(1) A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning of the immediate approach of a train;
(2) A crossing gate is lowered;
(3) A human flagman gives or continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a train;
(4) A train approaching within approximately 1,500 feet of the highway crossing emits a signal audible from that distance and the train, by reason of its speed or nearness to the crossing, is an immediate hazard;
(5) An approaching train is plainly visible and is in hazardous proximity to the crossing.
(b) No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while the gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.
(RC 4511.62; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
(a) The operator of any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire, or of any school bus, or of any vehicle carrying explosives or flammable liquids as a cargo, or such part of a cargo as to constitute a hazard, before crossing at grade any track of a railroad, shall stop such vehicle, and while so stopped he shall listen through an open door or open window and look in both directions along the track for any approaching train, and for signals indicating the approach of a train, and shall proceed only upon exercising due care after stopping, looking and listening as required by this section and upon proceeding, the operator of any such vehicle shall cross only in such gear of the vehicle that there will be no necessity for changing gears while traversing such crossing and the operator shall not shift gears while crossing the tracks.
This subsection (a) does not apply at street railway grade crossings, or to abandoned tracks, spur tracks, side tracks and industrial tracks when the Ohio Public Utilities Commission has authorized and approved the crossing of such tracks without making the stop required by this subsection (a). (RC 4511.63)
(b) When authorized stop signs are erected at railroad grade crossings, the operator of any vehicle shall stop within fifty but not less than fifteen feet from the nearest rail of the railroad tracks and shall exercise due care before proceeding across such grade crossing.
(RC 4511.61; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
No person shall operate a motor vehicle through a service station, parking lot or any other place of business to pass from one street to an intersecting street without stopping for service provided by such service station or place of business.
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
(a) Every motor vehicle operating within the City of Cleveland for the purpose of selling ice cream, frozen custards, sherbets or other frozen desserts within the public streets shall be equipped with clearly visible and illuminated brake lights and shall have "slow, children" regulations on said vehicles. A vehicle meets the requirements of this section if it either
(1) Has a retractable driver-operated yellow "slow, children" sign on the left side of the vehicle, to be activated when stopped or standing for the purpose of selling ice cream or frozen desserts; or
(2) Bears a yellow sign stating legibly in a contrasting color, "slow, children" on both the front and rear of the vehicle and which can be illuminated by the driver when stopped or standing for the purpose of selling ice cream or frozen desserts. The sign shall be of sufficient size to be clearly legible to one of normal vision from a distance of 200 feet.
(b) The driver of any vehicle overtaking a motor vehicle selling ice cream or frozen desserts shall heed the "slow, children" sign and exercise due caution when passing said vehicle.
(c) No person shall operate any motor vehicle within the City of Cleveland for the purpose of selling ice cream or other frozen desserts within the public streets later than 8:15 p.m., during the months of May through August, inclusive, and no later than 6:00 p.m., other times.
(d) The time limitation set forth in division (c) shall not apply to the sale of ice cream or other frozen desserts by concessionaires under agreement within City of Cleveland-owned parks.
Also, notwithstanding and as an exception to the Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, Ohio, 1976, vehicles selling ice cream and other frozen desserts in the city streets shall park within six (6) inches of the curb. This provision shall not apply to such vehicles within the city parks.
(e) Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for the first offense and for each violation thereafter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. No. 2180-B-86. Passed 2-1-88, eff. 2-8-88)
No person shall operate a hatchback motor vehicle with the rear hatch open, except when necessary to transport cargo. "Hatchback motor vehicle" shall mean any motor vehicle equipped with a single hinged rear window panel in lieu of a trunk lid, which may be opened to provide access to the vehicle. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. No. 2998-89. Passed 6-18-90, eff. 6-27-90)
(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to protect public health and the environment by reducing emissions while conserving fuel, maintaining adequate rest and safety of all drivers, and removing barriers to economic development imposed by the region's air quality status under the federal Clean Air Act.
(b) Applicability. As used in this section, “vehicle” has the same meaning as in Section 4511.01, R.C.
(c) General Requirement. Except as provided in division (d) of this section:
(1) the owner or operator of a vehicle shall not cause or allow a vehicle to idle for more than 5 minutes in any 60-minute period; and
(2) the owner or operator of a vehicle that is loading or unloading at a loading dock or loading/unloading area, and the owner or operator of the loading dock or loading/unloading area, shall not cause or allow a vehicle to idle in that loading/unloading area for more than 10 minutes in any 60 minute period.
(d) Exemptions. Division (c) of this section does not apply when:
(1) The outdoor temperature is below 32 degrees Fahrenheit or above 85 degrees Fahrenheit. However, idling is limited to 10 minutes in any 60 minute period.
(2) To prevent a safety or health emergency, a vehicle idles when operating defrosters, heaters, air conditioners, or when installing equipment.
(3) A vehicle idles while forced to remain motionless because of on-highway traffic, an official traffic control device or signal, or at the direction of a law enforcement official.
(4) A police, fire, ambulance, public safety, military, other emergency or law enforcement vehicle, or any vehicle being used in an emergency capacity, idles while in an emergency or training mode, or to maintain communications, and not solely for the convenience of the vehicle operator.
(5) The primary propulsion engine idles for maintenance, servicing, repair, or diagnostic purposes if idling is required for such activity, or idles as part of a state or federal inspection to verify that all equipment is in good working order, provided idling is required as part of the inspection.
(6) Idling of the primary propulsion engine is necessary to power work-related mechanical or electrical operations other than propulsion (e.g., mixing or processing cargo or straight truck refrigeration). This exemption does not apply when idling for cabin comfort or to operate non-essential on-board equipment.
(7) An armored vehicle idles when a person remains inside the vehicle to guard the contents, or while the vehicle is being loaded or unloaded.
(8) An occupied vehicle with a sleeper berth compartment idles for purposes of air conditioning or heating during a required rest or sleep period.
(9) A vehicle idles due to mechanical difficulties over which the driver has no control.
(10) A vehicle is only operating an auxiliary power unit, generator set, or other mobile idle reduction technology as a means to heat, air condition, or provide electrical power as an alternative to idling the main engine.
(11) A vehicle is actively engaged in work upon the surface of a street or highway, including construction, cleaning, and snow removal activities, and the operator is in the vehicle.
(e) Penalty. Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. No. 207-09. Passed 6-8-09, eff. 10-1-09)