Acts and Regulations

M-17 - Motor Vehicle Act

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Motorcycle passengers
199(1)A person operating a motorcycle shall ride only upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto, and such driver shall not carry any other person nor shall any other person ride on a motorcycle unless such motorcycle is designed to carry more than one person, in which event a passenger may ride upon the permanent and regular passenger seat, or in a side-car.
199(2)The driver of a motorcycle on a highway shall not ride abreast another motorcycle except in the act of overtaking and passing.
199(3)The driver of a motorcycle being operated on a laned roadway is entitled to the full and unobstructed use of the lane in which the motorcycle is being operated and no person shall interfere with that use.
199(4)The driver of a motorcycle being operated on a laned roadway shall not attempt to pass another vehicle
(a) within the lane in which the other vehicle is being operated, or
(b) on an outer boundary of that lane.
1955, c.13, s.179; 1966, c.81, s.10; 1973, c.59, s.1; 1987, c.38, s.13