Bill Text: OH SB174 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To establish a safe passing distance between a motor vehicle and a bicycle.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-7)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-09-29 - To Highways & Transportation [SB174 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2009-SB174-Introduced.html
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Senators Fedor, Wagoner
Cosponsors:
Senators Miller, D., Miller, R., Turner, Schiavoni, Morano, Wilson, Sawyer, Goodman, Gibbs, Patton, Gillmor, Schuring, Smith, Strahorn, Cafaro, Kearney, Hughes
To amend section 4511.27 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
establish a safe passing distance between a motor | 2 |
vehicle and a bicycle. | 3 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 4511.27 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
amended to read as follows: | 5 |
Sec. 4511.27. (A) The following rules govern the overtaking | 6 |
and passing of vehicles or trackless trolleys proceeding in the | 7 |
same direction: | 8 |
(1) The operator of a vehicle or trackless trolley overtaking | 9 |
another vehicle or trackless trolley proceeding in the same | 10 |
direction shall, except as provided in division (A)(3) of this | 11 |
section, signal to the vehicle or trackless trolley to be | 12 |
overtaken, shall pass to the left thereof at a safe distance, and | 13 |
shall not again drive to the right side of the roadway until | 14 |
safely clear of the overtaken vehicle or trackless trolley. When a | 15 |
motor vehicle overtakes a bicycle, the safe passing distance shall | 16 |
be not less than three feet. | 17 |
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the operator's vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking | 22 |
vehicle. | 23 |
(3) The operator of a vehicle or trackless trolley overtaking | 24 |
and passing another vehicle or trackless trolley proceeding in the | 25 |
same direction on a divided highway as defined in section 4511.35 | 26 |
of the Revised Code, a limited access highway as defined in | 27 |
section 5511.02 of the Revised Code, or a highway with four or | 28 |
more traffic lanes, is not required to signal audibly to the | 29 |
vehicle or trackless trolley being overtaken and passed. | 30 |
(B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever | 31 |
violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within | 32 |
one year of the offense, the offender previously has been | 33 |
convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or | 34 |
traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a | 35 |
misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the | 36 |
offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more | 37 |
predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this | 38 |
section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. | 39 |
Section 2. That existing section 4511.27 of the Revised Code | 40 |
is hereby repealed. | 41 |