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169.222.6

Statute ID: 14745

Statute Function ID: 31921

Traffic Regulation - Operation of Bicycle - Equipment Violations

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Statute Number:

169.222.6

Enactment Date:

May 24, 2013

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 2013

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Traffic Regulation - Operation of Bicycle - Equipment Violations

Statute ID:

14745

Created:

Jul 18, 2013 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jul 18, 2013 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

2013 c 127 sec 33; Petty Misd: Payable; Renumbered (f) is now (g) and (g) is now (h)

Summary Text:

Traffic Regulation - Operation of Bicycle - Equipment Violations

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/169/222.html

Legislative Session:

2013 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jul 18, 2013

(a) No person shall operate a bicycle at nighttime unless the bicycle or its operator is equipped with (1) a lamp which emits a white light visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the front; and (2) a red reflector of a type approved by the Department of Public Safety which is visible from all distances from 100 feet to 600 feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful lower beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle.  A bicycle equipped with lamps that are visible from a distance of at least 500 feet from both the front and the rear is deemed to fully comple with this paragraph.
(b) No person may operate a bicycle at any time when there is not sufficient light to render persons and vehicles on the highway clearly discernible at a distance of 500 feet ahead unless the bicycle or its operator is equipped with reflective surfaces that shall be visible during the hours of darkness from 600 feet when viewed in front of lawful lower beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle. The reflective surfaces shall include reflective materials on each side of each pedal to indicate their presence from the front or the rear and with a minimum of 20 square inches of reflective material on each side of the bicycle or its operator. Any bicycle equipped with side reflectors as required by regulations for new bicycles prescribed by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission shall be considered to meet the requirements for side reflectorization contained in this subdivision.
(c) A bicycle may be equipped with a front lamp that emits a white flashing signal, or a rear lamp that emits a red flashing signal, or both.
(d) A bicycle may be equipped with tires having studs, spikes, or other protuberances designed to increase traction.
(e) No person shall operate a bicycle unless it is equipped with a rear brake or front and rear brakes which will enable the operator to make a braked wheel skid on dry, level, clean pavement.  A bicycle equipped with a direct or fixed gear that can make the rear wheel skid on dry, level, clean pavement shall be deemed to fully comply with this paragraph.
(f) A bicycle may be equipped with a horn or bell designed to alert motor vehicles, other bicycles, and pedestrians of the bicycle's presence.
(g) No person shall operate upon a highway any two-wheeled bicycle equipped with handlebars so raised that the operator must elevate the hands above the level of the shoulders in order to grasp the normal steering grip area.
(h) No person shall operate upon a highway any bicycle which is of such a size as to prevent the operator from stopping the bicycle, supporting it with at least one foot on the highway surface and restarting in a safe manner.