(a) Any defendant charged with any traffic offense shall have the right to a jury trial upon proper perfection of a jury trial demand pursuant to rule 223 of the Municipal Court Rules of Procedure.

(b) If a defendant is charged with more than one traffic violation arising out of the same incident and at least one of the charged traffic violations is a traffic offense, the defendant shall have the right to demand a trial by jury as set forth in subsection (a) of this section as to all violations/offenses, which shall be consolidated for purposes of trial. (Code 1979, § 37-143)