Acts and Regulations

83-42 - General

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46(1)No person shall drive a motor-driven cycle on a highway unless
(a) it weighs fifty-five kilograms or less, and
(b) it is equipped with
(i) wheels having wheel rims twenty-five centimetres or more in diameter;
(ii) a seat or saddle being seventy centimetres above the level surface on which the vehicle stands;
(iii) a motor not capable of propelling the motor-driven cycle at a speed in excess of fifty kilometres per hour;
(iv) at least one and not more than three headlamps displaying white light which shall comply with the requirements and limitations of the Act;
(v) at least one tail lamp which, when lighted, shall emit a red light plainly visible for a distance of one hundred and fifty metres to the rear; and
(vi) an automatic transmission.
46(2)No person driving a motor-driven cycle shall carry or in any way transport another person on that cycle.
46(3)Every person driving a motor-driven cycle upon a highway shall ride as near to the right side of the highway as practical, exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction.
46(4)No person driving a motor-driven cycle shall ride abreast another motor-driven cycle except in the act of overtaking and passing.
46(5)No person shall drive a motor-driven cycle unless he is wearing a helmet protection for his head which helmet conforms with the standards prescribed by section 38.
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