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Chapter 4511 of the Ohio Revised Code contains the laws that govern operation of vehicles on Ohio roads. Most driving laws apply to cyclists as well as motorists. There are also a few laws that apply specifically to cyclists.
This guide shows excerpts of Ohio Law as of Jan. 1, 2011. Check for any revisions to the law at http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/4511. Also check local ordinances for bicycle laws specific to your community. Most common laws include riding on the sidewalk and helmet usage.
§4511.01 Definitions.
(A) “Vehicle” means every device, including a motorized bicycle, in, upon, or by which any person or property may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except that “vehicle” does not include any motorized wheelchair, any electric personal assistive mobility device, … or any device, other than a bicycle, that is moved by human power.
§4511.52 Bicycles.
(A) Sections… of the Revised Code that are applicable to bicycles apply whenever a bicycle is operated upon any highway or upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
(B) Except [operating under the influence of alcohol or drugs], a bicycle operator who violates any section of the Revised Code… applicable to bicycles may be issued a ticket, citation, or summons by a law enforcement officer for the violation.... A person who commits any such violation while operating a bicycle shall not have any points assessed against the person’s driver’s license. (C) Except [violations involving alcohol or drugs], in the case of a violation… by a bicycle operator or by a… motor vehicle operator [who] endangered the lives of bicycle riders at the time of the violation, the court… may require the bicycle operator or motor vehicle operator to take and successfully complete a bicycling skills course approved by the court in addition to or in lieu of any penalty otherwise prescribed by the Revised Code for that violation.
§4511.07 Local traffic regulations.
(A)(8)… [local authorities may regulate] the operation of bicycles; provided that no such regulation shall be fundamentally inconsistent with the uniform rules of the road… and that no such regulation shall prohibit the use of bicycles on any public street or highway except [on freeways](B) No ordinance or regulation enacted under… this section shall be effective until signs giving notice of the local traffic regulations are posted...
§4511.25 Lanes of travel upon roadways of sufficient width.
(A) Upon all roadways of sufficient width, a vehicle… shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway except …
(1) When overtaking and passing another vehicle …, or when making a left turn …;
(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 …;
(3) When driving upon a roadway divided into three or more marked lanes …; (4) When driving upon a roadway designated and posted with signs for one‐way traffic;
(B)…any vehicle…proceeding at less than the prevailing and lawful speed of traffic… shall be driven in the right‐hand lane then available for traffic, and far enough to the right to allow passing by faster vehicles if such passing is safe and reasonable, except …:
(a) When overtaking and passing another vehicle …;
(c) When the driver must necessarily drive in a lane other than the right‐hand lane to continue on the driver’s intended route.
(2) Nothing in … this section requires a driver of a slower vehicle to compromise the driver’s safety to allow overtaking by a faster vehicle.
§4511.55 Riding bicycles; motorcycles abreast.
(C) This section does not require riding at the edge of the roadway when it is unreasonable or unsafe… [such as] when necessary to avoid fixed or moving objects, parked or moving vehicles, surface hazards, or if it otherwise is unsafe or impracticable to do so, including if the lane is too narrow for the bicycle and an overtaking vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane.
§4511.27 Rules governing overtaking and passing of vehicles.
(A)(1) The operator of a vehicle... overtaking another vehicle… proceeding in the same direction 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...
(2) 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…
§4511.36 Rules for turns at intersections.
(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…
§4511.39 Turn and stop signals.
(A) 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 one hundred feet traveled by the vehicle … before turning, except that in the case of a person operating a bicycle, the signal shall be made not less than one time but is not required to be continuous. A bicycle operator is not required to make a signal if the bicycle is in a designated turn lane, and a signal shall not be given when the operator’s hands are needed for the safe operation of the bicycle….
§4511.40 Hand and arm signals.
(A) [Hand signals shall be given with the left hand and arm as follows:]
(B) … a person operating a bicycle may give a right turn signal by extending the right hand and arm horizontally and to the right side of the bicycle.
§4511.56 Bicycle signal devices.
(1) A lamp on the front … that shall emit a white light visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the front and three hundred feet to the sides. A generator‐powered lamp… may be used to meet this requirement.;
(2) A red reflector on the rear that shall be visible from all distances from one hundred feet to six hundred feet to the rear…;
(D) Every bicycle shall be equipped with an adequate brake….
§4511.711 Driving upon sidewalk area.
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… no local authority may require that bicycles be operated on sidewalks.
§4511.22 Slow speed.
(A) No person shall stop or operate a vehicle… at such an unreasonably slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, except when stopping or reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or to comply with law.
§4511.31 Establishing hazardous zones.
(B) [Prohibition of passing] does not apply when all of the following apply:
(3) There is sufficient clear sight distance to the left of the center or center line of the roadway to meet the overtaking and passing provisions of… the Revised Code, considering the speed of the slower vehicle.
§4511.21 Speed limits ‐ assured clear distance.
(A) No person shall operate a motor vehicle … at a speed greater or less than is reasonable or proper,… and no person shall drive any motor vehicle… at a greater speed than will permit the person to bring it to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead.
§4511.132 Operation at intersections with malfunctioning traffic control signal lights.
(A)The driver of a vehicle… who approaches an intersection where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals shall do all of the following, if the signal facing the driver either exhibits no colored lights or colored lighted arrows or exhibits a combination of such lights or arrows that fails to clearly indicate the assignment of right‐of‐way:
(2) Yield the right‐of‐way to all vehicles… in the intersection or approaching on an intersecting road, if the vehicles… will constitute an immediate hazard during the time the driver is moving across or within the intersection or junction of roadways;
§4511.051 Freeways ‐ prohibited acts.
(2) Occupy any space within the limits of the right‐of‐way of a freeway, with… a bicycle,
§4511.54 Prohibition against attaching bicycles and sleds to vehicles.
(A) No person riding upon any bicycle… shall attach the same or himself to any… vehicle while it is moving upon a roadway.