Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 01/12/1995

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I I I i I I BIKEWAYS I I I uniform. The commis~Jc~ner may authorize variations from and specifications for the purpose of investi. manual gation and research int6,i~ t. he use and development of trai£ic control devices. When ~uch authorized variation pertains to the regulation of traffic, notice of the intended regu- latory purpose shall be ~ublished in a qualified newspaper o£ general circulation ip the area where the research is being conducted. ~ No other auJhority shall place or maintain any traffic.controlled devtc~, upon any highway under the jurisdiction of the cor~missioner except by the latter's permission. Subd. $. Placement a~d maintenance by local authori. tries. Local authorities ir{ their respective jurisdictions shall place and maintain such~ traffic-control devices upon high- ways under their jurisdiction as they may deem necessary to indicate and to carrylout the provisions of this chapter or local traffic ordinance, s, or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic. A~ such traffic~ontrol devices hereafter erected shall conform to the ~tate manual and specifications. 169.222 OPERATIOI~, OF BICYCLES. Subdivision 1. Traffic laws apply. Ever~ person operating a bicycle shall have al/ of the rights andi duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle by t~is chapter, except in respect to those provisions in th]~ chapter relating expressly to bicycles and in respect t~ those provisions of this chapter which by their nature ~annot reasonably be applied to bicycles. Subd. 2. Manner and ,~umber riding. No bicycle shall be used to carry more pe~ons at one time than the number for which it is designed a~d equipped, except (al on a baby seat attached to the bicycle, prowded that the baby seat is equipped with a harne~, to hold the child securely in the seat and that protectiorl is provided against the child's feet hitting the spokes ~f the wheel or (b) in a seat at. tabbed to the bicycle operator. Subd. 3. Clinging to ~hicles. No person riding upon any bicycle, coaster, roll~r skates, toboggan, sled, skate. board, or toy vehicle sha~l attach the same or himself to any street car or vehicle upon a roadway. Subd. 4. Riding on roadways. (a) Every person operating a bicyc)e upon a roadwa~ shal) ride as close as practicable to the right.hand curb ~r edge of the roadway exceot under any of the following' situations: (i) When overtaking ~.nd passing another vehicle pro- ceeding in the same direction. (ii) When preparing fdr a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway. I I! I I II BI I -39- (iii) When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions. including f/xed or momg objects, vehicle, pedestrains. an/reals, surface hazards, or narrow width lanes, that make it unsafe to continue along the fight-hand curb or edge. (b) Persons n'd/ng bicycles upon a roadway shall not ride more than two abreast and shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and, on a laned road. way, shall ride within a single lane. (c) A person operating a bicycle upon a sidewalk, or across a roadway on a crosswalk, shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible signal when necessary before overtak/ng and passing any pedes. ~rian. No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within a business district unless permitted by local authorities. Local authorities may prohibit the operation of bicycles on any sidewalk or crosswalk under their jurisdiction. A person lawfully operating a bicycle on a sidewalk, or across a roadway or a crosswalk, shaft have all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same cir. cumstances. Subd. 5. Carrying articles. No person operating a bicycle shaB carry any package, bundle, or article which prevents the driver from keeping at least one hand upon the handle bars or from properly operating the brakes of the bicycle. Subd. 6. Bicycle equipment. (al No person shall operate a bicycle at nighttLme unless the bicycle or its operator is equipped with a lamp which shall emit a white ligh~ visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the front and with a red reflector of a type approved by the department of public safety which is visible from all distances from lO0 to 600 feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful lower beams of head lamps on a motor vehicle. No person may operate a bicycle at any time when there is not suffi- cient light to render persons and vehicles on the highway clearly discernible at a distance of 500 feet ahead uneiss the bicycle and its operator is equipped with reflective surfaces that shaB be visible during the hours of darkness from 600 feet when viewed in front of lawful lower beams of head lamps on a motor vehicle. The reflective surfaces shall include reflective materials on each side of each pedal to/nd/cate their presence from the front or the rear and with a minimum of 20 square inches of reflective material on each side of the bicycle or its operator. Any bicycle equipped with side reflectors as required by regulations for new bicycles prescribed by the United States consumer product safety commission shall be considered to meet the requirements for side re- flectorization contained in this subdivision.