Effective: April 15, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 295 – 133rd General Assembly As used in this chapter and in Chapter 4513. of the Revised Code: (A) “Vehicle” means every device, including a motorized bicycle and an electric bicycle, in, upon, or by which any person or property may be transported or drawn upon a […]
Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly The director of transportation, the board of county commissioners of a county, and the legislative authority of a municipality may, for highways under their jurisdiction, designate an existing highway in whole or in part as or included in a “freeway,” “expressway,” or […]
Effective: October 29, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 95 – 132nd General Assembly (A) The driver of any emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle, when responding to an emergency call, upon approaching a red or stop signal or any stop sign shall slow down as necessary for safety to traffic, but may proceed cautiously past […]
Effective: March 23, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 406 – 125th General Assembly (A)(1) No person shall possess a portable signal preemption device. (2) No person shall use a portable signal preemption device to affect the operation of the traffic control signal. (B) Division (A)(1) of this section does not apply to any of the […]
Effective: June 30, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 26 – 132nd General Assembly (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 vehicles, and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon the surface of a highway within an area […]
Effective: April 20, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 349 – 129th General Assembly 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, 4511.38, 4511.39, 4511.40, 4511.41, 4511.42, 4511.43, 4511.431, 4511.432, 4511.44, 4511.441, 4511.57, 4511.58, 4511.59, 4511.60, 4511.61, 4511.62, 4511.66, 4511.68, […]
Effective: November 12, 1997 Latest Legislation: House Bill 282 – 122nd General Assembly 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 a coroner, deputy coroner, or coroner’s investigator operating a motor vehicle in accordance with section 4513.171 of the […]
Effective: March 23, 2015 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 342 – 130th General Assembly (A)(1) No law enforcement officer who stops the operator of a motor vehicle in the course of an authorized sobriety or other motor vehicle checkpoint operation or a motor vehicle safety inspection shall issue a ticket, citation, or summons for a secondary […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly 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, inclusive, of the Revised Code, applicable to the driver of a vehicle, except those provisions of such sections […]
Effective: October 29, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 250, House Bill 95 – 132nd General Assembly (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 of a freeway, except: in a rest area; on a facility that is separated from […]
Effective: January 1, 1983 Latest Legislation: House Bill 707 – 114th General Assembly 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 political subdivisions and municipal corporations of this state. No local authority shall enact or enforce any rule in […]
Effective: September 21, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 389 – 126th General Assembly (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 activities with respect to streets and highways under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of the police […]
Effective: September 21, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 389 – 126th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the owner of a vehicle shall be entitled to establish nonliability for prosecution for violation of an ordinance, resolution, or regulation enacted under division (A)(1) of section 4511.07 of the Revised Code […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly 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 by the public for purposes of vehicular travel by permission of the owner and not as a matter […]
Effective: April 20, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 349 – 129th General Assembly The department of transportation shall adopt a manual for a uniform system of traffic control devices, including signs denoting names of streets and highways, for use upon any street, highway, bikeway, or private road open to public travel within this state. Such […]
Effective: September 30, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 86 – 129th General Assembly (A) The driver of any motor vehicle that has been checked by radar, or by any electrical or mechanical timing device to determine the speed of the motor vehicle over a measured distance of a highway or a measured distance of a […]
Effective: July 3, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 62 – 133rd General Assembly A traffic law violation for which a civil penalty is imposed under sections 4511.097 and 4511.098 of the Revised Code is not a moving violation and points shall not be assessed against a person’s driver’s license under section 4510.036 of the Revised […]
Effective: March 23, 2015 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 342 – 130th General Assembly (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 any such device used in that local authority. (B)(1) Commencing January 2015, not later than the last day […]
Effective: March 23, 2015 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 342 – 130th General Assembly 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 municipal ordinance due to failure to observe the applicable speed limit based upon evidence recorded by a traffic […]
Effective: March 23, 2015 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 342 – 130th General Assembly 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 a school bus for the purpose of detecting violations of section 4511.75 of the Revised Code or a […]
