Right-of-way of equestrians at bridle paths.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 441-352
in effectSec. 441-352. - Right-of-way of equestrians at bridle paths.
(a) Each person driving or operating any motor vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any person riding or leading a horse from any bridle path in the city, established by the board of parks and recreation or otherwise, while the person so riding or leading a horse is crossing or entering into or upon the following designated places and points, or any other places at any time so designated by the board and by ordinance. The operator of such motor vehicle, upon visible signal by raising of the hand and arm to a vertical position, or by any other means, of any person riding or leading a horse, shall bring his motor vehicle or motorcycle to a stop not less than fifteen (15) feet from the point of intersection or crossing of the bridle path and the points and places hereinafter designated, and shall not proceed forward until the horse has cleared the crossing or intersection. The intersections to which this section shall apply are as follows:
(1) Twenty-third Street and Harding Street;
(2) Twenty-third Street and East Riverside Drive;
(3) The Bridle Path and Burdsal Parkway;
(4) White River Parkway and the Bridle Path;
(5) The Bridle Path, Cold Spring Road and Thirty-eighth Street.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person in control of or operating a motor vehicle or motorcycle, while stopped pursuant to subsection (a), to race the motor of the vehicle or to blow or use any horn or sound warning device on any such vehicle in such manner as is likely to frighten any horse.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any police, fire department or other emergency motor vehicles or motorcycles.
(Code 1975, § 29-193)
Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIPUORSA_CH441TR_ARTIIIOPRE_DIV5RI-W_S441-352RI-WEQBRPAFetched: 10/27/2026