Speeding Ticket, Traffic Ticket, and Traffic Violation Defense Attorney & Lawyer with offices in Perrysburg, Ohio, and Lambertville, Michigan, serving the Toledo, Perrysburg, and Northwest Ohio area.

Kenneth C. Walz, JD, RRT-NPS aggressively defends the legal rights of those who have been cited and/ or charged for Crossing the Center Line of Roadway in the Perrysburg, Maumee, Sylvania, Toledo, Lambertville or the Northwest Ohio and Southwest Michigan areas. Contact Mr. Walz, an experienced Crossing the Center Line of Roadway Defense Attorney - Lawyer by calling (419) 931-0067 (Ohio) or (734) 568-0136 (Michigan).

Listed below is information regarding the law as it relates to Crossing the Center Line of Roadway in the State of Ohio.

Crossing Center Line of Roadway

Criminal Offense: Yes - Misdemeanor of the Fifth Degree (Minor Misdemeanor)

Moving or Nonmoving Violation: Moving Violation

Point On Drivers License: 2

Conviction Penalties: no incarceration, $150 maximum fine

Crossing Center Line of Roadway - If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense

Criminal Offense: Yes - Misdemeanor of the Forth Degree

Moving or Nonmoving Violation: Moving Violation

Point On Drivers License: 2

Conviction Penalties: not more than 30 days incarceration, $250 maximum fine

Crossing Center Line of Roadway - If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses

Criminal Offense: Yes - Misdemeanor of the Third Degree

Moving or Nonmoving Violation: Moving Violation

Point On Drivers License: 2

Conviction Penalties: not more than 60 days incarceration, $500 maximum fine

What the Statute Says:

4511.30 Driving upon left side of roadway.

(A) No vehicle or trackless trolley shall be driven upon the left side of the roadway under the following conditions:

(1) When approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve in the highway, where the operator’s view is obstructed within such a distance as to create a hazard in the event traffic might approach from the opposite direction;

(2) When the view is obstructed upon approaching within one hundred feet of any bridge, viaduct, or tunnel;

(3) When approaching within one hundred feet of or traversing any intersection or railroad grade crossing.

(B) This section does not apply to vehicles or trackless trolleys upon a one-way roadway, upon a roadway where traffic is lawfully directed to be driven to the left side, or under the conditions described in division (A)(2) of section 4511.25 of the Revised Code.

(C) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

Effective Date: 01-01-2004

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Crossing Center Line of Roadway

Speeding Ticket, Traffic Ticket, and Traffic Violation Defense Attorney & Lawyer with offices in Perrysburg, Ohio, and Lambertville, Michigan, serving the Toledo, Perrysburg, and Northwest Ohio area.

4511.30 Driving upon left side of roadway.

Serving the Perrysburg, Toledo, and Northwest Ohio area by providing professional Speeding Ticket, Traffic Ticket, and Traffic Violation Defense Attorney & Lawyer legal services.