Burlington By-law 086-2007, s. 5 — OPERATION OF VEHICLES

OPERATION OF VEHICLES

• a) Emerging from Driveway

5. No person shall drive a motor vehicle along any sidewalk or boulevard except at a driveway.

• b) Driving on Other Than Roadway
• i) No person, excluding the physically challenged operating motorized wheelchairs or scooters as a necessary means of conveyance at a speed of not more than 10 km per hour, shall drive a motor vehicle along any sidewalk, boulevard or combined facility except at a driveway.
• ii) No person, unless at a driveway, shall use a designated on road bicycle lane

except for the purpose of driving a muscular powered bicycle. .,, ,iii) No person, unlessat a driveway, shall use an off road bicycle path or multi-use path except for the purpose of muscular powered travel, or motorized wheelchair or scooter travel when these devices are used as a necessary means of conveyance at a speed of not more than 10 km/h by the physically challenged.

• iv) No person shall ride a bicycle across a roadway within a pedestrian crosswalk.
• v) Every rider of a bicycle, when approaching a pedestrian on a sidewalk, shall give adequate warning of their approach and shall take every necessary precaution to avoid a collision and shall give the pedestrian(s) the right-of-way.
• c) Vehicle Unattended

No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle, other than a commercial motor vehicle, shall allow such motor vehicle to stand unattended unless it is locked in such a manner as to prevent its operation by any person not authorized by the owner, driver or person in charge.

• d) Repairing Vehicles
• i) No person shall use any highway to repair or paint vehicles. THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC BY-LAW 86-2007
• ii) Notwithstanding
• (i) above, a person may repair or attempt to repair any vehicle upon a highway when such use of the high;-vay is unavoidable through emergency.
• e) Newly Painted Lines

No person shall drive, or attempt to drive a vehicle on or over, or tamper with, or walk on any newly painted line or series of lines, or any newly painted sign, or any permanent pavement marking on any highway or crosswalk, when the presence of such is indicated by a marker, electric lantern or otherwise.

• f) Removal of Authorized Sign

No unauthorized person shall alter, deface, injure, knock down or remove any authorized sign or sign with shield or insignia thereon.

• g) Interception of Authorized Procession The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a funeral or other properly authorized procession except when directed by a Police Officer to do otherwise.
• h) Driving in Authorized Procession The driver of a vehicle in a funeral or other such procession shall drive as near to the right hand edge of the roadway as practicable and follow the vehicle ahead as closely as is practicable and safe.
• i) Parades The Chief of Police, and any Police Officer acting under his authority, is authorized to stop or divert traffic on any highway during the passage of a parade or a procession.