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REFERENCE TITLE: bicycle equipment |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-first Legislature Second Regular Session 2014
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SB 1170 |
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Introduced by Senators Farley, Dalessandro, Pancrazi, Tovar; Representative Orr: Senator Hobbs
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AN ACT
amending section 28-817, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the operation of bicycles.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section. 1. Section 28-817, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-817. Bicycle equipment
A. A bicycle that is used at nighttime shall have a lamp on the front that emits a white light visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the front and a red reflector on the rear of a type that is approved by the department and that is visible from all distances from fifty feet to three hundred feet to the rear when the reflector is directly in front of lawful upper beams of head lamps on a motor vehicle. A bicycle may have a lamp that emits a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear in addition to the red reflector.
B. A person shall not operate a bicycle that is equipped with a siren or whistle.
C. A bicycle shall be equipped with a brake that enables the operator to make the braked wheels skid on dry, level, clean pavement.
D. A person who is under eighteen years of age shall wear at all times a properly fitted and fastened protective bicycle helmet that meets the current standards of the American national standards institute for protective headgear if the person is engaged in any of the following:
1. Riding a bicycle.
2. Being a passenger on a bicycle.
3. Riding in a restraining seat attached to a bicycle.
4. Riding in a trailer towed by a bicycle.