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OH HB204
Bill
Status
3/10/2010
Primary Sponsor
Linda Bolon
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AI Summary
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Permits motorcycle operators to back into angled parking spaces so the motorcycle faces opposite the direction of travel.
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Codifies restrictions for motorcycle temporary instruction permit holders: prohibits operation during times requiring lighted lights, while carrying passengers, or on limited access highways; requires protective helmet at all times.
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Clarifies penalties for operating a motorcycle without proper endorsement or restricted license, distinguishing between first offenses and repeat violations within three years.
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Allows vehicles to satisfy headlight requirements when windshield wipers are in use by displaying lighted daytime running lights complying with federal motor vehicle safety standard 49 C.F.R. 571.108.
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Prohibits law enforcement from stopping vehicles solely to enforce the daytime running lights requirement when wipers are in use.
Legislative Description
To permit a motorcycle operator to back the motorcycle into an angled parking space, to codify the restrictions that apply to a person who operates a motorcycle pursuant to a motorcycle temporary instruction permit, to clarify the penalties for operating a motorcycle without having either a motorcycle endorsement or the proper restricted license, and to provide generally that lighted daytime running lights satisfy the requirement that motor vehicles display lighted lights at any time when the vehicle's windshield wipers are in use because of precipitation on the windshield.
Motorcycles-ok to back into angled parking spaces
Last Action
To Highways & Transportation
3/11/2010