§ 2109.04. Road workers, motor vehicles and equipment excepted.
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The provisions of this Traffic Code do not apply to persons, teams, motor vehicles
and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon the surface of a street or
highway within area designated by traffic control devices, but apply to such persons
and vehicles when traveling to or from such work.
The drivers of snow plows, traffic line stripers, road sweepers, mowing machines,
tar distributing vehicles and other vehicles utilized in snow and ice removal or road
surface maintenance, while engaged in work upon a street or highway, provided such
vehicles are equipped with flashing lights and such other markings as are required
by law, and such lights are in operation when the vehicles are so engaged shall be
exempt from criminal prosecution for violations of Sections 2131.01 to 2131.04, inclusive, 2131.06 to 2131.08, inclusive, 2131.31 and 2133.04. Such exemption shall not apply to such drivers when their vehicles are not so engaged.
This section shall not exempt a driver of such equipment from civil liability arising
from the violation of the sections referred to herein.
(ORC 4511.04; Ord. 1579-72.)
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