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Multiple courts in Pima County allow dismissal of violations received while walking or riding a bicycle with completion of the EZ AZ Bicycle/Pedestrian Safety course. For information on participating courts and registration information, please visit www.ezazbikeped.com. The three-hour bicycle/pedestrian safety course costs $39.
Please refer to Arizona Revised Statutes for exact wording.
A. The director with respect to state highways, the county board of supervisors with respect to county highways or the governing body of a city or town or its designee with respect to city or town streets, by and with the advice of the school district governing board, may mark or cause to be marked by the department or local authorities crosswalks in front of each school building or school grounds abutting the locations where children are required to cross the highway or street.
D. When the school crossings are established, school authorities shall place within the highway the portable signs indicating that school is in session. This placement shall be not more than three hundred feet from each side of the school crossing. In addition, portable signs indicating that the driver shall stop when children are in the crosswalk shall be placed at school crossings. School authorities shall maintain these signs when school is in session and shall cause them to be removed within one hour after the end of a school session or pursuant to an agreement with a city or town.
E. Notwithstanding any other law:
F. A vehicle shall not proceed at a speed of more than fifteen miles per hour between the portable signs placed on the highway indicating that there shall be no passing, that school is in session and that the driver shall stop when children are in the crosswalk.
G. When a school authority places and maintains the required portable signs indicating that there shall be no passing, that school is in session and that the driver shall stop when children are in the crosswalk, all vehicles shall come to a complete stop at the school crossing when the crosswalk is occupied by a person.
H. A vehicle approaching the crosswalk shall not proceed at a speed of more than fifteen miles per hour between the portable signs placed on the highway indicating that there shall be no passing, that school is in session, that the driver shall stop when children are in the crosswalk and that the civil penalty will double.
I. When a school authority places and maintains the required portable signs indicating that there shall be no passing, that school is in session, that the driver shall stop when children are in the crosswalk and that the civil penalty will double, all vehicles shall come to a complete stop at the school crossing when a person is in the crosswalk.
J. If a person is found responsible for a violation of subsection F or G of this section, the person is subject to a civil penalty.
K. If a person is found responsible for a violation of subsection H or I of this section, the person is subject to a civil penalty and shall pay an additional assessment equal to the amount of the civil penalty. The additional assessment is not subject to any surcharge.
L. The court shall collect the additional assessment imposed pursuant to subsection K of this section at the same time the court collects the civil penalty. Partial payments of the total amount due pursuant to this subsection shall be divided according to the proportion that the civil penalty, the surcharges levied pursuant to sections 12-116.01 and 12-116.02 and the additional assessment imposed pursuant to this section represent of the total amount due. The court and the department shall treat failure to pay the additional assessment imposed pursuant to this subsection in the same manner as failure to pay a civil penalty, including taking action against the person's driver license or permit or privilege to drive pursuant to sections 28-1601, 28-3153 and 28-3305.
M. If a person is found responsible pursuant to subsection K of this section in a justice court or superior court, the court shall transmit monies received to pay the additional assessment to the county treasurer. If a person is found responsible pursuant to subsection K of this section in a municipal court, the court shall transmit the monies received to pay the additional assessment to the city treasurer. The city or county treasurer shall deposit the monies received to pay the additional assessment in a fund to pay for costs related to enforcement of this section.
N. For the purposes of this section, "school is in session", when used either in reference to the period of time or to signs, means during school hours or while children are going to or leaving school during opening or closing hours.
28-811. Parent and guardian responsibility; applicability of article
Sec. 5-1. Parking of bicycles.
It shall be unlawful to park a bicycle upon any public sidewalk or street in a manner that substantially impedes pedestrian or vehicular traffic or obstructs access to public or private facilities.
(Ord. No. 7276, § 1, 9-11-89)
Sec. 5-2.1. Postal employees and law enforcement officers exempt from certain riding and parking provisions.
The provisions of sections 5-1 and 5-2 shall not apply to U.S. Postal Service employees engaging in the collection or delivery of mail or to law enforcement officers while engaged in the performance of law enforcement duties. For purposes of this section, law enforcement officer shall include local traffic enforcement agents.
(Ord. No. 7276, § 1, 9-11-89; Ord. No. 9046, § 1, 4-20-98)
Sec. 5-3. Enforcement.
Any violation of a provision of this chapter shall be a civil infraction, unless otherwise specified, subject to the provisions of chapter 8 of this Code.
Violations of this chapter shall be deemed civil infractions subject to a sanction of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
(Ord. No. 7276, § 1, 9-11-89; Ord. No. 8958, § 1, 9-22-97)
MOTORIZED BICYCLE OR TRICYCLE
The state has granted municipalities express authority to regulate or prohibit the operation of motorized electric or gas-powered bicycles or tricycles. It is the purpose and intent of this article to provide for the regulation of motorized electric or gas-powered bicycle or tricycle ("motorized bicycle or tricycle") to protect the safety of pedestrians, bicyclists, motor vehicle drivers and operators of motorized bicycles or tricycles. The mayor and council find it is in the public interest to regulate the operation of motorized bicycles or tricycles by prohibiting their use on sidewalks, multi-use paths, shared use paths and pedestrian paths, and by imposing age restrictions and safety requirements for the riders of motorized bicycles or tricycles.
(Ord. No. 10321, § 1, 9-19-06)
Sec. 5-5. Definition.
As used in this article "motorized bicycle or tricycle" means an electric or gas-powered bicycle or tricycle that is equipped with a helper motor that has a maximum piston displacement of forty-eight (48) cubic centimeters or less or an electric motor of less than seven hundred fifty (750) watts (1 h.p.), that may also be self-propelled and that is operated at speeds of less than twenty (20) miles per hour.
Sec. 5-6. Applicability of traffic laws.
In the City of Tucson, a person riding a motorized bicycle or tricycle is granted all of the rights and is subject to all the duties applicable to a bicycle rider under state and local law.
Motorized bicycles or tricycles that are operated at speeds in excess of nineteen (19) miles per hour are regulated by state law and must comply with state law requirements.
Sec. 5-7. Prohibited operation.
(a) It shall be unlawful for a person under sixteen (16) years of age to operate a motorized bicycle or tricycle.
(b) It shall be unlawful to operate a motorized bicycle or tricycle on any public sidewalk, multi-use path, and shared-use path or on any designated pedestrian path in any public park.
(c) It shall be unlawful to use a motorized bicycle or tricycle to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped.
(d) It shall be unlawful to ride a motorized bicycle or tricycle through any underpass or at any other location where signs are posted prohibiting bicycling.
Sec. 5-8. Helmet use requirement.
No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall operate a motorized bicycle or tricycle or be a passenger on motorized bicycle or tricycle, ride in a restraining seat attached to a motorized bicycle or tricycle, or ride in a trailer towed by a motorized bicycle or tricycle unless the person is wearing a properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet which meets the current standards of the American National Standards Institute for protective headgear.
Sec. 5-9. Nighttime use requirements.
A motorized bicycle or tricycle that is used at nighttime shall have a lamp on the front that emits a white light visible from a distance of at least five hundred (500) feet to the front and a red reflector in the rear of a type that is visible from all distances from fifty (50) feet to three hundred (300) feet to the rear where the reflector is directly in front of the upper beams of head lamps on a motor vehicle. A motorized bicycle or tricycle may have a lamp that emits a red light visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear in addition to the red reflector.
Sec. 5-10. Responsibilities of parents, guardians, and legal custodians.
(a) The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of any minor shall not authorize or knowingly permit such minor to violate any of the provisions of this article.
(b) If a fine is imposed upon a minor who is found to be in violation of this section, the parents or legal guardian having custody or control of the minor shall be jointly and severally liable with the minor for payment of the fine, whether or not the parents or guardian knew of, or anticipated, a violation of this section.
Sec. 5-11. Violation declared a civil traffic violation.
(a) Violation of this article shall constitute a civil traffic violation punishable by a mandatory minimum fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(b) All complaints for violations of this article shall be issued and adjudicated in accordance with the Arizona Rules of Procedure in Civil Traffic Violation Cases and applicable state and local law.
Sec. 20-29. Requirement for helmet use; Bicycle renters and sellers; civil penalties; waiver of fine.
Sec. 20-29(1). No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall ride a bicycle or be a passenger on a bicycle, ride in a restraining seat attached to a bicycle, or ride in a trailer towed by a bicycle unless that person is wearing a properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet which meets the current standards of the American National Standards Institute for protective headgear.
(Ord. No. 8167, § 1, 11-22-93)
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2-Wheelin'
Pima Association of Government’s co-hosted a national workshop on Sept. 16 geared toward tapping into under used funding sources for bicycle and pedestrian projects. This 2-Wheelin’ segment (KVOA) describes the workshop and features the League of American Bicyclist’s President Andy Clarke.
Bike Fest April 2010
PAG #WalkSafeDriveSafe pedestrian safety campaign delivers message to help reduce injuries and fatalites. For more info visit WalkSafeDriveSafe.com