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Question: What is the rule for two people riding their motorcycle side by side in a single lane?

Answer from Officer Josh MacDonald, Traffic Division: Euclid Ordinance follows the Ohio Revised Code in reference to operating bicycles and motorcycles within the city.  Two people riding on motorcycles can ride side by side in a single lane.  Euclid Codified Ordinance 371.04 (b) states persons riding bicycles or motorcycles upon a roadway shall ride not more than two abreast in a single lane, except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles or motorcycles.  However, people on motorcycles or bicycles do have to follow all traffic safety rules, such as the first part of 371.04 (a) which states every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable obeying all traffic rules applicable to vehicles and exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction.  Chapter 371 of the Euclid Codified Ordinances provides Euclid’s laws regarding bicycles and motorcycles. Any resident can review Euclid’s ordinances at: www.amlegal.com/library/oh/euclid.shtml, and information about safe motorcycle riding can be found at: www.motorcycle.ohio.gov.

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