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Feb. 8, 1983 BIKEWAYS .40- (b) No person shall operate a bicycle unless it is equip- 169.305 CONTROLLED ACCESS REGULATIONS • ped with a brake which will enable the operator to make AND PENALTIES. the braked wheels skid on dry, level, clean pavement. Subdivision I. (c) No person shall operate upon a highway any bicycle equipped with handlebars so raised that the operator must (c) The commissioner of transportation may by order, elevate his hands above the level of his shoulders in order and any public authority may by ordinance, with respect to grasp the normal steering grip area. to any controlled access highway under their jurisdictions prohibit or regulate the use of any such highway by ped- (d) No person shall operate upon a highway any bicycle estrians, bicycles, or other nonmotorized traffic, or by which is of such a size as to prevent the operator from motorized bicycles, or by any class or kind of traffic stopping the bicycle, supporting it with at least one foot which is found to be incompatible with the normal and on the highway surface and restarting in a safe manner. safe flow of traffic. Subd. 7.Sale with reflectors and other equipment. No (d) The commissioner of transportation or the public person shall sell or offer for sale any new bicycle unless it authority adopting any such prohibitory regulation shall is equipped with reflectors and other equipment as required erect and maintain official signs on the controlled access by subdvision 6, clauses (a) and (b) and by the regulation highway on which such regulations are applicable and when for new bicycles prescribed by the United States consumer so erected no person shall disobey the restrictions stated product safety commission. on such signs. Subd. 8. Turning and lane changes. An arm signal to Subd. 2. Except for a driver of an authorized emer- turn right or left shall be given continuously during the gency vehicle in the course of performing his duties,no last 100 feet traveled by the bicycle before turning, unless driver of a vehicle shall back the same upon the roadway the arm is needed to control the bicycle,and shall be given or shoulder of any controlled access highway. while the bicycle is stopped waiting to turn. Subd. 3.Any person violating the provisions of this • Subd. 9.Bicycle parking. (a) A person may park a section or any order or ordinance promulgated or enacted bicycle on a sidewalk unless prohibited or restricted by by the commissioner of transportation or a public authority local authorities. A bicycle parked on a sidewalk shall pursuant thereto is guilty of a petty misdemeanor. not impede the normal and reasonable movement of pedestrians or other traffic. 160.263 BICYCLE LANES AND WAYS. Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in this section, "bicycle lane"means (b) A bicycle may be parked on a roadway at any lo- that portion of a roadway set aside by the governing cation where parking is allowed if it is parked in such a body of a political subdivision having jurisdiction over manner that it does not obstruct the movement of a legally the road for the exclusive use of bicycles or other vehicles parked motor vehicle. propelled by human power and so designated by appro- priate signs and markings; and "bicycle way" means any Subd. 10. Bicycle events. (a) Bicycle events, parades, path or sidewalk or portion thereof designated for the use contests, or racing on a highway shall not be unlawful of bicycles or other vehicles propelled by human power when approved by state or local authoritities having by the governing body of a political subdivision. jurisdiction over that highway. Approval shall be granted only under conditions which assure reasonable safety for all participants, spectators and other highway users, and Subd.2.Powers of political subdivisions. The governing which prevent unreasonable interference with traffic flow body of any political subdivision may by ordinance: which would seriously inconvenience other highway users. (a) Designate any roadway or portion thereof under its jurisdiction as a bicycle lane. By agreement with the approving authority,participants in an approved bicycle highway event may be exempted from compliance with any traffic laws otherwise applicable (b) Designate any sidewalk or portion thereof under its thereto, provided that traffic control is adequate to assure jurisdiction as a bicycle way provided that the designation does not destroy a pedestrian way or pedestrian access. the safety of all highway users. Subd. 3. Designation of lane. A governing body desig- nating a sidewalk or portion thereof as a bicycle Iane under • this section may: •