Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4511 - Traffic Laws - Operation Of Motor Vehicles

• Section 4511.01 - Traffic Laws - Operation Of Motor Vehicles Definitions.
  As used in this chapter and in Chapter 4513. of the Revised Code: (A) "Vehicle" means every device, including a motorized bicycle, in, upon,...
• Section 4511.011 - Designating Freeway, Expressway, And Thruway.
  The director of transportation, the board of county commissioners of a county, and the legislative authority of a municipality may, for highways under their...
• Section 4511.02 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 2921.331.
  Effective Date: 11-03-1989
• Section 4511.03 - Emergency Vehicles At Red Signal Or Stop Sign.
  (A) The driver of any emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle, when responding to an emergency call, upon approaching a red or stop signal...
• Section 4511.031 - Portable Preemption Signal Devices Prohibited.
  (A) (1) No person shall possess a portable signal preemption device. (2) No person shall use a portable signal preemption device to affect the...
• Section 4511.04 - Exception To Traffic Rules.
  (A) Sections 4511.01 to 4511.18, 4511.20 to 4511.78, 4511.99, and 4513.01 to 4513.37 of the Revised Code do not apply to persons, teams, motor...
• Section 4511.041 - Exceptions To Traffic Rules For Emergency Or Public Safety Vehicle Responding To Emergency Call.
  Sections 4511.12, 4511.13, 4511.131, 4511.132, 4511.14, 4511.202, 4511.21, 4511.211, 4511.22, 4511.23, 4511.25, 4511.26, 4511.27, 4511.28, 4511.29, 4511.30, 4511.31, 4511.32, 4511.33, 4511.34, 4511.35, 4511.36, 4511.37,...
• Section 4511.042 - Exceptions To Traffic Rules For Coroner's Vehicles.
  Sections 4511.25, 4511.26, 4511.27, 4511.28, 4511.29, 4511.30, 4511.31, 4511.32, 4511.33, 4511.35, 4511.36, 4511.37, 4511.38, and 4511.66 of the Revised Code do not apply to...
• Section 4511.043 - Ticket, Summons, Or Citation For Secondary Traffic Offense.
  (A) (1) No law enforcement officer who stops the operator of a motor vehicle in the course of an authorized sobriety or other motor...
• Section 4511.05 - Persons Riding Or Driving Animals Upon Roadways.
  Every person riding, driving, or leading an animal upon a roadway is subject to sections 4511.01 to 4511.78, inclusive, 4511.99, and 4513.01 to 4513.37,...
• Section 4511.051 - Freeways - Prohibited Acts.
  (A) No person, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, shall: (1) As a pedestrian, occupy any space within the limits of the right-of-way...
• Section 4511.06 - Applicability And Uniformity Of Traffic Laws.
  Sections 4511.01 to 4511.78, 4511.99, and 4513.01 to 4513.37 of the Revised Code shall be applicable and uniform throughout this state and in all...
• Section 4511.07 - Local Traffic Regulations.
  (A) Sections 4511.01 to 4511.78, 4511.99, and 4513.01 to 4513.37 of the Revised Code do not prevent local authorities from carrying out the following...
• Section 4511.071 - No Liability For Lessor Under Written Lease.
  (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the owner of a vehicle shall be entitled to establish nonliability for prosecution for...
• Section 4511.08 - Use Of Private Property For Vehicular Travel.
  Sections 4511.01 to 4511.78, inclusive, 4511.99, and 4513.01 to 4513.37, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not prevent the owner of real property, used...
• Section 4511.09 - Manual For Uniform System Of Traffic Control Devices.
  The department of transportation shall adopt a manual for a uniform system of traffic control devices, including signs denoting names of streets and highways,...
• Section 4511.091 - Arrest Or Citation Of Driver Based On Radar, Timing Device Or Radio Message From Another Officer.
  (A) The driver of any motor vehicle that has been checked by radar, or by any electrical or mechanical timing device to determine the...
• Section 4511.0910 - Violations For Which Civil Penalty Imposed.
  A traffic law violation for which a civil penalty is imposed under sections 4511.097 to 4511.099 of the Revised Code is not a moving...
• Section 4511.0911 - Traffic Law Photo-monitoring Device Maintenance Records; Accuracy; Issuance Of Certain Tickets Prohibited.
  (A) Upon request, each manufacturer of a traffic law photo-monitoring device shall provide to a local authority utilizing its devices the maintenance record of...
• Section 4511.0912 - Speeding Tickets.
  A local authority shall not issue a ticket for a violation of section 4511.21 or 4511.211 of the Revised Code or a substantially equivalent...
• Section 4511.0913 - Applicable Law.
  Sections 4511.092 to 4511.0912 of the Revised Code do not apply to the use of a traffic law photo-monitoring device that is placed on...
• Section 4511.0914 - Bans On Use Of Traffic Law Photo-monitoring Devices.
  Sections 4511.092 to 4511.0912 of the Revised Code do not affect in any manner either of the following: (A) Any ban on the use...
• Section 4511.0915 - Operation Of Traffic Law Photo-monitoring Device; Statement Of Compliance.
  (A) On or before July 31, 2015, any local authority that has operated a traffic law photo-monitoring device between March 23, 2015, and June...
• Section 4511.092 - Definitions.
  As used in sections 4511.092 to 4511.0914 of the Revised Code: (A) "Designated party" means the person whom the registered owner of a motor...
• Section 4511.093 - Traffic Law Photo-monitoring Devices.
  (A) A local authority may utilize a traffic law photo-monitoring device for the purpose of detecting traffic law violations. If the local authority is...
• Section 4511.094 - Signs Required For Photo-monitoring Devices.
  (A) No local authority shall use traffic law photo-monitoring devices to detect or enforce any traffic law violation until after it has done both...
• Section 4511.095 - Prerequisites For Deployment Of Device.
  (A) Prior to deploying any traffic law photo-monitoring device, a local authority shall do all of the following: (1) Conduct a safety study of...
• Section 4511.096 - Examination Of Evidence.
  (A) A law enforcement officer employed by a local authority utilizing a traffic law photo-monitoring device shall examine evidence of alleged traffic law violations...
• Section 4511.097 - Classificati Of Violation As Civil Violation.
  (A) A traffic law violation for which a ticket is issued by a local authority pursuant to division (B)(3) of section 4511.093 of the...
• Section 4511.098 - Rights Of Those Ticketed.
  (A) A person or entity who receives a ticket for a civil violation sent in compliance with section 4511.097 of the Revised Code shall...
• Section 4511.099 - Contesting Tickets.
  (A) When a person or entity named in a ticket for a civil violation under division (A) of section 4511.097 of the Revised Code...
• Section 4511.10 - Placement And Maintenance Of Traffic Control Devices.
  The department of transportation may place and maintain traffic control devices, conforming to its manual and specifications, upon all state highways as are necessary...
• Section 4511.101 - Placement Of Business Logos On Directional Signs Along Interstates.
  (A) The director of transportation, in accordance with 23 U.S.C.A. 109(d), 131(f), and 315, as amended, and by rule adopted pursuant to Chapter 119....
• Section 4511.102 - Tourist-oriented Directional Sign Program Definitions.
  As used in sections 4511.102 to 4511.106 of the Revised Code: (A) "Tourist-oriented activity" includes any lawful cultural, historical, recreational, educational, or commercial activity...
• Section 4511.103 - Administrative Rules For Placement Of Tourist-oriented Directional Signs And Trailblazer Markers.
  (A) The director of transportation, in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 109(d) and 315, with the provisions of the manual of uniform traffic control devices...
• Section 4511.104 - Participation In Tourist-oriented Directional Sign Program.
  (A) The operator of any tourist-oriented activity who wishes to participate in the tourist-oriented directional sign program established under sections 4511.102 to 4511.105 of...
• Section 4511.105 - Tourist-oriented Directional Signs To Conform To Federal Manual Of Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
  Tourist-oriented directional signs shall conform to the specifications contained in the manual of uniform traffic control devices. If more than one eligible attraction requires...
• Section 4511.106 - Local Tourist-oriented Directional Sign Programs.
  The legislative authority of a local authority may adopt a resolution establishing a program for the placement of tourist-oriented directional signs and trailblazer markers...
• Section 4511.107 - Acquiring Outdoor Advertising Devices.
  The department of transportation shall not enter into any program to purchase or acquire any outdoor advertising device for which a valid permit has...
• Section 4511.108 - Traffic Generator Sign Program.
  The director of transportation shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish a traffic generator sign program and shall set...
• Section 4511.11 - Local Conformity To Manual For Uniform System Of Traffic Control Devices.
  (A) Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions shall place and maintain traffic control devices in accordance with the department of transportation manual for a...
• Section 4511.12 - Obedience To Traffic Control Devices.
  (A) No pedestrian, driver of a vehicle, or operator of a streetcar or trackless trolley shall disobey the instructions of any traffic control device...
• Section 4511.121 - Bypassing Vehicle Weighing Locations.
  (A) (1) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, any operator of a commercial motor vehicle, upon approaching a scale location established...
• Section 4511.13 - Highway Traffic Signal Indications; Section Not Applicable To Railroad Crossings.
  Highway traffic signal indications for vehicles and pedestrians shall have the following meanings: (A) Steady green signal indication: (1) (a) Vehicular traffic, streetcars, and...
• Section 4511.131 - Lane-use Control Signal Indications.
  The meanings of lane-use control signal indications are as follows: (A) A steady downward green arrow: A road user is permitted to drive in...
• Section 4511.132 - Operation At Intersections With Malfunctioning Traffic Control Signal Lights.
  (A) The driver of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley who approaches an intersection where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals shall do...
• Section 4511.14 - Special Pedestrian Control Signals.
  Whenever special pedestrian control signals exhibiting the words "walk" or "don't walk," or the symbol of a walking person or an upraised palm are...
• Section 4511.15 - [Repealed].
  Repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.70, HB 349, §2, eff. 4/20/2012. Effective Date: 01-01-1975
• Section 4511.16 - Unauthorized Sign Or Signal Resembling A Traffic Control Device.
  (A) No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device which purports...
• Section 4511.17 - Tampering With Traffic Control Device, Freshly Applied Pavement Material, Manhole Covers.
  (A) No person, without lawful authority, shall do any of the following: (1) Knowingly move, deface, damage, destroy, or otherwise improperly tamper with any...
• Section 4511.18 - Purchase, Possession Or Sale Of Traffic Control Device.
  (A) As used in this section, "traffic control device" means any sign, traffic control signal, or other device conforming to and placed or erected...
• Section 4511.181 - Ovi Definitions.
  As used in sections 4511.181 to 4511.198 of the Revised Code: (A) "Equivalent offense" means any of the following: (1) A violation of division...
• Section 4511.19 - Operating Vehicle Under The Influence Of Alcohol Or Drugs - Ovi.
  (A) (1) No person shall operate any vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley within this state, if, at the time of the operation, any of...
• Section 4511.191 - Implied Consent.
  (A) (1) As used in this section: (a) "Physical control" has the same meaning as in section 4511.194 of the Revised Code. (b) "Alcohol...
• Section 4511.192 - Advice To Ovi Arrestee.
  (A) Except as provided in division (A)(5) of section 4511.191 of the Revised Code, the arresting law enforcement officer shall give advice in accordance...
• Section 4511.193 - Portion Fine Deposited In Municipal Or County Indigent Drivers Alcohol Treatment Fund.
  (A) Twenty-five dollars of any fine imposed for a violation of a municipal OVI ordinance shall be deposited into the municipal or county indigent...
• Section 4511.194 - Having Physical Control Of Vehicle While Under The Influence.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "National highway traffic safety administration" has the same meaning as in section 4511.19 of the Revised Code....
• Section 4511.195 - Seizing And Detaining Vehicle If Operator Has Prior Conviction.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Arrested person" means a person who is arrested for a violation of division (A) of section 4511.19...
• Section 4511.196 - Initial Appearance.
  (A) If a person is arrested for being in physical control of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley in violation of section 4511.194 of...
• Section 4511.197 - Appeal Of Implied Consent Suspension.
  (A) If a person is arrested for operating a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley in violation of division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19...
• Section 4511.198 - Limited Driving Privileges - Remote Continuous Alcohol Monitor.
  (A) (1) If a court grants limited driving privilege to a person who is described in division (B) of this section and who is...
• Section 4511.20 - Operation In Willful Or Wanton Disregard Of The Safety Of Persons Or Property.
  (A) No person shall operate a vehicle, trackless trolley, or streetcar on any street or highway in willful or wanton disregard of the safety...
• Section 4511.201 - Operation Off Street Or Highway In Willful Or Wanton Disregard Of The Safety Of Persons Or Property.
  (A) No person shall operate a vehicle, trackless trolley, or streetcar on any public or private property other than streets or highways, in willful...
• Section 4511.202 - Operation Without Being In Reasonable Control Of Vehicle, Trolley, Or Streetcar.
  (A) No person shall operate a motor vehicle, trackless trolley, streetcar, agricultural tractor, or agricultural tractor that is towing, pulling, or otherwise drawing a...
• Section 4511.203 - Wrongful Entrustment Of Motor Vehicle.
  (A) No person shall permit a motor vehicle owned by the person or under the person's control to be driven by another if any...
• Section 4511.204 - Driving While Texting.
  (A) No person shall drive a motor vehicle, trackless trolley, or streetcar on any street, highway, or property open to the public for vehicular...
• Section 4511.205 - Use Of Devices By Persons Under 18 Years Of Age.
  (A) No holder of a temporary instruction permit who has not attained the age of eighteen years and no holder of a probationary driver's...
• Section 4511.21 - Speed Limits - Assured Clear Distance.
  (A) No person shall operate a motor vehicle, trackless trolley, or streetcar at a speed greater or less than is reasonable or proper, having...
• Section 4511.211 - Establishing Speed Limit On Private Road Or Driveway.
  (A) The owner of a private road or driveway located in a private residential area containing twenty or more dwelling units may establish a...
• Section 4511.212 - Complaint Of Noncompliance By Local Authority With School Zone Sign Laws.
  (A) As used in this section, "local authority" means the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, the board of trustees of a township, or...
• Section 4511.213 - Approaching Stationary Public Safety Vehicle Displaying Emergency Light.
  (A) The driver of a motor vehicle, upon approaching a stationary public safety vehicle, emergency vehicle, road service vehicle, vehicle used by the public...
• Section 4511.214 - [Effective 1/1/2017] Operation Of Low-speed, Under-speed, Or Utility Vehicle, Or A Mini-truck.
  (A) (1) No person shall operate a low-speed vehicle upon any street or highway having an established speed limit greater than thirty-five miles per...
• Section 4511.215 - [Effective 1/1/2017] Local Authorization For Operation Of Low-speed, Under-speed, Or Utility Vehicle, Or A Mini-truck.
  (A) By ordinance or resolution, a local authority may authorize the operation of under-speed or utility vehicles or mini-trucks on a public street or...
• Section 4511.22 - Slow Speed.
  (A) No person shall stop or operate a vehicle, trackless trolley, or street car at such an unreasonably slow speed as to impede or...
• Section 4511.23 - Speed Limits On Bridges.
  (A) No person shall operate a vehicle, trackless trolley, or streetcar over any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway...
• Section 4511.24 - Speed Limits Not Applicable To Emergency Or Public Safety Vehicles.
  The prima-facie speed limitations set forth in section 4511.21 of the Revised Code do not apply to emergency vehicles or public safety vehicles when...
• Section 4511.25 - Lanes Of Travel Upon Roadways Of Sufficient Width.
  (A) Upon all roadways of sufficient width, a vehicle or trackless trolley shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway, except as...
• Section 4511.251 - Street Racing.
  (A) As used in this section and section 4510.036 of the Revised Code, "street racing" means the operation of two or more vehicles from...
• Section 4511.252 - Closing Roads For Supervised Sports Car Racing.
  In townships in this state composed entirely of islands, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, the county commissioners of the county wherein such...
• Section 4511.26 - Vehicles Traveling In Opposite Directions.
  (A) Operators of vehicles and trackless trolleys proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right, and upon roadways having width for...
• Section 4511.27 - Overtaking And Passing Of Vehicles Proceeding In The Same Direction.
  (A) The following rules govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles or trackless trolleys proceeding in the same direction: (1) The operator of a...
• Section 4511.28 - Overtaking And Passing Upon The Right Of Another Vehicle.
  (A) The driver of a vehicle or trackless trolley may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle or trackless trolley only under...
• Section 4511.29 - Driving To Left Of Center Of Roadway In Overtaking And Passing Traffic Proceeding In Same Direction.
  (A) No vehicle or trackless trolley shall be driven to the left of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing traffic proceeding...
• Section 4511.30 - Driving Upon Left Side Of Roadway.
  (A) No vehicle or trackless trolley shall be driven upon the left side of the roadway under the following conditions: (1) When approaching the...
• Section 4511.31 - Establishing Hazardous Zones.
  (A) The department of transportation may determine those portions of any state highway where overtaking and passing other traffic or driving to the left...
• Section 4511.32 - One-way Traffic - Rotary Islands.
  (A) The department of transportation may designate any highway or any separate roadway under its jurisdiction for one-way traffic and shall erect appropriate signs...
• Section 4511.33 - Driving In Marked Lanes.
  (A) Whenever any roadway has been divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic, or wherever within municipal corporations traffic is lawfully...
• Section 4511.34 - Space Between Moving Vehicles.
  (A) The operator of a motor vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley shall not follow another vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley more closely than is...
• Section 4511.35 - Divided Roadways.
  (A) Whenever any highway has been divided into two roadways by an intervening space, or by a physical barrier, or clearly indicated dividing section...
• Section 4511.351 - .
  (A) The department of transportation shall include sign R4-16 of the federal manual of uniform traffic control devices that states "keep right except to...
• Section 4511.36 - Rules For Turns At Intersections.
  (A) The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall be governed by the following rules: (1) Approach for a right...
• Section 4511.37 - Turning In Roadway Prohibited - Exceptions.
  (A) Except as provided in section 4511.13 and division (B) of this section, no vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the...
• Section 4511.38 - Rules For Starting And Backing Vehicles.
  (A) No person shall start a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley which is stopped, standing, or parked until such movement can be made with...
• Section 4511.39 - Turn And Stop Signals.
  (A) No person shall turn a vehicle or trackless trolley or move right or left upon a highway unless and until such person has...
• Section 4511.40 - Hand And Arm Signals.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, all signals required by sections 4511.01 to 4511.78 of the Revised Code, when given...
• Section 4511.41 - Right-of-way Rule At Intersections.
  (A) When two vehicles, including any trackless trolley or streetcar, approach or enter an intersection from different streets or highways at approximately the same...
• Section 4511.42 - Right-of-way Rule When Turning Left.
  (A) The operator of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private...
• Section 4511.43 - Right-of-way Rule At Through Highways, Stop Signs, Yield Signs.
  (A) Except when directed to proceed by a law enforcement officer, every driver of a vehicle or trackless trolley approaching a stop sign shall...
• Section 4511.431 - Stop Prior To Driving On Sidewalk Area.
  (A) The driver of a vehicle or trackless trolley emerging from an alley, building, private road, or driveway within a business or residence district...
• Section 4511.432 - Stop Signs On Private Residential Road Or Driveway.
  (A) The owner of a private road or driveway located in a private residential area containing twenty or more dwelling units may erect stop...
• Section 4511.44 - Right-of-way At Highway From Any Place Other Than Another Roadway.
  (A) The operator of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley about to enter or cross a highway from any place other than another roadway...
• Section 4511.441 - Right-of-way Of Pedestrian On Sidewalk.
  (A) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian on a sidewalk. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this division,...
• Section 4511.45 - Right-of-way Of Public Safety Or Coroner's Vehicle.
  (A) (1) Upon the approach of a public safety vehicle or coroner's vehicle, equipped with at least one flashing, rotating or oscillating light visible...
• Section 4511.451 - Right-of Way Of Funeral Vehicle.
  (A) As used in this section, "funeral procession" means two or more vehicles accompanying the cremated remains or the body of a deceased person...
• Section 4511.452 - Right-of-way Yielded By Pedestrian To Public Safety Vehicle.
  (A) Upon the immediate approach of a public safety vehicle, as stated in section 4511.45 of the Revised Code, every pedestrian shall yield the...
• Section 4511.453 - Immunity Of Funeral Home Operator.
  (A) Neither the owner, the operator, or an employee of a funeral home nor the owner or operator of a funeral escort vehicle is...
• Section 4511.46 - Right-of-way Of Pedestrian Within Crosswalk.
  (A) When traffic control signals are not in place, not in operation, or are not clearly assigning the right-of-way, the driver of a vehicle,...
• Section 4511.47 - Right-of-way Of Blind Person.
  (A) As used in this section "blind person" or "blind pedestrian" means a person having not more than 20/200 visual acuity in the better...
• Section 4511.48 - Right-of-way Yielded By Pedestrian.
  (A) Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall...
• Section 4511.481 - Intoxicated Or Drugged Pedestrian On Highway.
  (A) A pedestrian who is under the influence of alcohol, any drug of abuse, or any combination of them to a degree that renders...
• Section 4511.49 - Pedestrians On Right Half Of Crosswalk.
  (A) Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the right half of crosswalks. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section...
• Section 4511.491 - Motorized Wheelchair Operator Has Rights And Duties Of Pedestrian.
  Every person operating a motorized wheelchair shall have all of the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian that are contained in this chapter,...
• Section 4511.50 - Pedestrian Walking In Roadway.
  (A) Where a sidewalk is provided and its use is practicable, it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an...
• Section 4511.51 - Hitchhiking - Soliciting Employment, Business, Or Contributions From Occupant Of Vehicle.
  (A) No person while on a roadway outside a safety zone shall solicit a ride from the driver of any vehicle. (B) (1) Except...
• Section 4511.511 - Pedestrian On Bridge Or Railroad Grade Crossing.
  (A) No pedestrian shall enter or remain upon any bridge or approach thereto beyond the bridge signal, gate, or barrier after a bridge operation...
• Section 4511.512 - Operation Of Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices.
  (A) (1) Electric personal assistive mobility devices may be operated on the public streets, highways, sidewalks, and paths and portions of roadways set aside...
• Section 4511.52 - Bicycles - Issuance Of Ticket - Points Not Assessed.
  (A) Sections 4511.01 to 4511.78, 4511.99, and 4513.01 to 4513.37 of the Revised Code that are applicable to bicycles apply whenever a bicycle is...
• Section 4511.521 - Operation Of Motorized Bicycles.
  (A) No person shall operate a motorized bicycle upon a highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of...
• Section 4511.522 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 11-02-1991
• Section 4511.53 - [Effective Until 1/1/2017] Operation Of Bicycles, Motorcycles And Snowmobiles.
  (A) For purposes of this section, "snowmobile" has the same meaning as given that term in section 4519.01 of the Revised Code. (B) No...
• Section 4511.53 - [Effective 1/1/2017] Operation Of Bicycles, Motorcycles And Snowmobiles.
  (A) For purposes of this section, "snowmobile" has the same meaning as given that term in section 4519.01 of the Revised Code. (B) No...
• Section 4511.54 - Prohibition Against Attaching Bicycles And Sleds To Vehicles.
  (A) No person riding upon any bicycle, coaster, roller skates, sled, or toy vehicle shall attach the same or self to any streetcar, trackless...
• Section 4511.55 - Operating Bicycles And Motorcycles On Roadway.
  (A) Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable obeying all...
• Section 4511.56 - Bicycle Signal Devices.
  (A) Every bicycle when in use at the times specified in section 4513.03 of the Revised Code, shall be equipped with the following: (1)...
• Section 4511.57 - Passing On Left Side Of Streetcar.
  (A) The driver of a vehicle shall not overtake and pass upon the left nor drive upon the left side of any streetcar proceeding...
• Section 4511.58 - Vehicle Shall Not Pass Streetcar Discharging Passengers - Exception.
  (A) The driver of a vehicle overtaking upon the right any streetcar stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any passenger shall stop...
• Section 4511.59 - Driving And Turning In Front Of Streetcars.
  (A) The driver of any vehicle proceeding upon any streetcar tracks in front of a streetcar shall remove such vehicle from the track as...
• Section 4511.60 - Driving Through Safety Zone.
  (A) No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within a safety zone. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever...
• Section 4511.61 - Stop Signs At Dangerous Highway Crossings Over Railroad Tracks.
  (A) As used in this section, "active grade crossing warning device" has the same meaning as in section 5733.43 of the Revised Code. (B)...
• Section 4511.62 - Stopping At Railroad Grade Crossing.
  (A) (1) Whenever any person driving a vehicle or trackless trolley approaches a railroad grade crossing, the person shall stop within fifty feet, but...
• Section 4511.63 - Stopping At Grade Crossings.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the operator of any bus, any school vehicle , or any vehicle transporting a...
• Section 4511.64 - Slow-moving Vehicles Or Equipment Crossing Railroad Tracks.
  (A) No person shall operate or move any crawler-type tractor, steam shovel, derrick, roller, or any equipment or structure having a normal operating speed...
• Section 4511.65 - Designation Of Through Highways.
  (A) All state routes are hereby designated as through highways, provided that stop signs, yield signs, or traffic control signals shall be erected at...
• Section 4511.66 - Prohibition Against Parking On Highways.
  (A) Upon any highway outside a business or residence district, no person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended,...
• Section 4511.661 - Unattended Motor Vehicles.
  (A) No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the...
• Section 4511.67 - Police May Remove Illegally Parked Vehicle.
  Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of section 4511.66 of the Revised Code, such officer may move...
• Section 4511.68 - Parking - Prohibited Acts.
  (A) No person shall stand or park a trackless trolley or vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply...
• Section 4511.681 - Parking On Private Property - Prohibited Acts.
  (A) If an owner of private property posts on the property, in a conspicuous manner, a prohibition against parking on the property or conditions...
• Section 4511.69 - Parking Requirements.
  (A) Every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there is an adjacent curb shall be stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels...
• Section 4511.70 - Obstructing View And Control Of Driver - Opening Door Into Moving Traffic.
  (A) No person shall drive a vehicle or trackless trolley when it is so loaded, or when there are in the front seat such...
• Section 4511.701 - Occupying Moving Trailer Prohibited.
  (A) No person shall occupy any travel trailer or manufactured or mobile home while it is being used as a conveyance upon a street...
• Section 4511.71 - Prohibition Against Driving Upon Closed Highway.
  (A) No person shall drive upon, along, or across a street or highway, or any part of a street or highway that has been...
• Section 4511.711 - Driving On Sidewalk.
  (A) No person shall drive any vehicle, other than a bicycle, upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except upon a permanent or duly authorized...
• Section 4511.712 - Obstructing Intersection.
  (A) No driver shall enter an intersection or marked crosswalk or drive onto any railroad grade crossing unless there is sufficient space on the...
• Section 4511.713 - Use Of Bicycle Paths.
  (A) No person shall operate a motor vehicle, snowmobile, or all-purpose vehicle upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles, when...
• Section 4511.714 - Operation Of Vehicle On Roadway Covered By Water.
  (A) No person shall operate a vehicle on or onto a public street or highway that is temporarily covered by a rise in water...
• Section 4511.72 - Following An Emergency Or Public Safety Vehicle Too Closely.
  (A) The driver of any vehicle, other than an emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle on official business, shall not follow any emergency vehicle...
• Section 4511.73 - Driving Over Unprotected Fire Hose.
  (A) No streetcar, trackless trolley, or vehicle shall, without the consent of the fire department official in command, be driven over any unprotected hose...
• Section 4511.74 - Placing Injurious Material On Highway.
  (A) No person shall place or knowingly drop upon any part of a highway, lane, road, street, or alley any tacks, bottles, wire, glass,...
• Section 4511.75 - Stopping For Stopped School Bus.
  (A) The driver of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus stopped for the purpose...
• Section 4511.751 - School Bus Operator To Report Violations.
  As used in this section, "license plate" includes, but is not limited to, any temporary license placard issued under section 4503.182 of the Revised...
• Section 4511.76 - Administrative Rules For School Bus Construction, Design, Equipment, Operation And Licensing.
  (A) The department of public safety, by and with the advice of the superintendent of public instruction, shall adopt and enforce rules relating to...
• Section 4511.761 - School Bus Inspections.
  (A) The state highway patrol shall inspect every school bus to ascertain whether its construction, design, and equipment comply with the regulations adopted pursuant...
• Section 4511.762 - School Bus No Longer Used For Transporting School Children.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person who is the owner of a bus that previously was registered as...
• Section 4511.763 - Licensing By Department Of Public Safety.
  (A) No person, partnership, association, or corporation shall transport pupils to or from school on a school bus or enter into a contract with...
• Section 4511.764 - School Buses Must Be Registered And Have Identifying Number.
  (A) The superintendent of the state highway patrol shall require school buses to be registered, in the name of the owner, with the state...
• Section 4511.77 - School Bus - Painting And Marking.
  (A) No person shall operate, nor shall any person being the owner thereof or having supervisory responsibility therefor permit the operation of, a school...
• Section 4511.771 - Signal Lamps To Be Equipped With Flashing Red And Amber Lights.
  (A) Every school bus shall, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive markings required pursuant to sections 4511.76, 4511.761, 4511.764, and 4511.77 of...
• Section 4511.772 - Occupant Restraining Device For Operator.
  (A) On and after May 6, 1986, no person, school board, or governmental entity shall purchase, lease, or rent a new school bus unless...
• Section 4511.78 - Mass Transit System - Transportation Of School Children.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Mass transit system" means any county transit system, regional transit authority, regional transit commission, municipally owned transportation...
• Section 4511.79 - Driving Commercial Vehicle With Impaired Ability Or Alertness Prohibited.
  (A) No person shall drive a "commercial motor vehicle" as defined in section 4506.01 of the Revised Code, or a "commercial car" or "commercial...
• Section 4511.80 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 12-31-1990
• Section 4511.81 - Child Restraint System - Child Highway Safety Fund.
  (A) When any child who is in either or both of the following categories is being transported in a motor vehicle, other than a...
• Section 4511.82 - Littering Offenses.
  (A) No operator or occupant of a motor vehicle shall, regardless of intent, throw, drop, discard, or deposit litter from any motor vehicle in...
• Section 4511.83 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4511.84 - Earphones Or Earplugs On Operator Prohibited.
  (A) No person shall operate a motor vehicle while wearing earphones over, or earplugs in, both ears. As used in this section, "earphones" means...
• Section 4511.85 - Chauffeured Limousines.
  (A) The operator of a chauffeured limousine shall accept passengers only on the basis of prearranged contracts, as defined in division (LL) of section...
• Section 4511.90 - Chautauqua Assembly.
  As used in this section, "Chautauqua assembly" means a corporation that is organized in this state for the purpose of holding Chautauqua assemblies or...
• Section 4511.95 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.71.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4511.951 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 4510.72.
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004
• Section 4511.98 - Signs As To Increased Penalties In Construction Zones.
  The director of transportation may establish speed limits within construction zones that vary based on the type of work being conducted, the time of...
• Section 4511.99 - Penalty.
  Whoever violates any provision of sections 4511.01 to 4511.76 of the Revised Code for which no penalty otherwise is provided in the section violated...
• Section 4511.991 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-2004

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