§ 9-8 MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES

No driver of a vehicle shall drive between vehicles comprising a funeral procession while they are in motion and when the vehicles in such procession are conspicuously so designated.

§ 9-8.2. Roller Skates, Skateboards and Toy Vehicles. [Ord. #58-016, Art. 9, § 2; 1958 Code § 20.43; Ord. #86-07, § 1]

• a. No person shall ride upon a skateboard, roller skates, or coaster or propel any such device on the street portion of Marin Avenue, San Pablo Avenue or Solano Avenue or on the sidewalks on Solano Avenue east of Adams within the City limits, except when crossing at a crosswalk.

• b. Riding or propelling a skateboard, coaster, or other similar device shall be undertaken in an upright position, and it shall be unlawful for any person to ride any such vehicle on any public street or sidewalk in a prone, kneeling, or other than upright position.

• c. No person on a skateboard, roller skates, coaster, toy vehicle, or any such similar device shall grab onto, attach himself/herself onto, or in any way affix himself/herself onto a moving or operating motor vehicle. [17 ]

• d. No person shall use a skateboard, coaster, or other similar device at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and the surface and width of, the street or sidewalk, or in any event at a speed which endangers the safety of any person or property.

• e. Any person (rider) riding a skateboard, coaster or similar device shall at all times accord the right-ofway to any persons on foot. Without limitation of the foregoing, whenever any of the following conditions exist, a rider shall dismount at a safe distance and proceed on foot until such condition ceases to exist, which distance must be equal to or greater than fifteen (15') feet from such condition:

  1. When the rider approaches any pedestrian and there is insufficient area for the rider to pass such person safely;

  2. When the rider approaches any person who, due to apparent physical condition, disability or frailty, may be intimidated by the approach or passage of the rider; or

  3. When approaching two (2) or more persons on foot who are within ten (10') feet of each other.

• f. No rider shall ride within three (3') feet of the front of any commercial building. If, in doing so, the rider is unable to pass on the curb side of any approaching foot traffic, the rider shall dismount and proceed on foot until that condition ceases to exist.

No person shall ride or drive any animal or any vehicle over or across any newly made pavement or freshlypainted marking in any street when a barrier or sign is in place warning persons not to drive over or across such pavement or marking, or when a sign is in place stating that the street, or any portion thereof, is closed.

16. Editor's Note: For State law as to power of local authorities to regulate processions, see Veh. C.A., §21100.

17. Editor's Note: For State law as to unlawful riding on portions of vehicles not designed or intended for passengers, see Veh. C.A., §21712.

City of Albany, CA § 9-8.4 ALBANY CODE

§ 9-8.4

No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any limited-access roadway, except at such entrances and exits as are established by public authority.