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ROAD TRAFFIC CODE 1975 - REG 1301

1301 .         Riding bicycles

        (1)         Subject to subregulation (2), a person — 

            (a)         riding a bicycle shall not ride otherwise than astride a permanent and regular seat attached to it;

            (b)         shall not use a bicycle to carry, at any one time, more persons than the number for which it is designed and equipped.

        (2)         In addition to the number of persons which a bicycle is designed to carry, one child, under the age of 6 years, may be carried in a child carrying seat attached thereto where the seat complies with the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulation 1977 .

        (3)         A person shall not ride a bicycle without having at least one hand on the handle-bars.

        (4)         Wherever a separate carriageway or a separate portion of a carriageway is provided exclusively for the use of cyclists and is in a reasonable condition for use, a rider of a bicycle shall use that carriageway or portion of a carriageway and no other.

        (5)         A person shall not ride a bicycle within 2 metres of the rear of a motor vehicle, over a distance of more than 200 metres.

        (6)         A person shall not leave a bicycle in or upon a road so as to become an obstruction.

        (7)         A child shall not be carried in a child carrying seat on a bicycle unless the rider — 

            (a)         is at least 16 years of age;

            (b)         has an uninterrupted view to the front of the bicycle from a normal seated position; and

            (c)         has unhindered access to all equipment, required by the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1977 to be fitted to the bicycle.

        (8)         A rider shall not leave a child in a child carrying seat on a bicycle when the bicycle is unattended.

        [Regulation 1301 amended in Gazette 24 May 1985 p.1764; 13 May 1988 p.1598; 28 September 1990 p.5072.]



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