PRINTER'S NO. 552
No. 498 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY BONETTO, BEREN, KOLTER, GREEN AND ZWIKL,
FEBRUARY 19, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 19, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 29, 1959 (P.L.58, No.32), entitled "An
2 act consolidating and revising the Vehicle Code, the Tractor
3 Code, the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act and
4 other acts relating to the ownership, possession and use of
5 vehicles and tractors," requiring mirrors on motorcycles.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 848, act of April 29, 1959 (P.L.58,
9 No.32), known as "The Vehicle Code," added July 15, 1968
10 (P.L.332, No.162), is amended to read:
11 Section 848. Handle Bars and Clip-on Bars and Mirrors on
12 Motorcycles.--No person shall operate a motorcycle on the
13 highways where the highest point on the handle bars on the
14 motorcycle is more than fifteen (15) inches higher than the
15 plane of the saddle or where it is equipped with clip-on bars
16 and unless it is equipped with at least one (1) rearview mirror
17 attached to the left handle bar.
18 Penalty.--Any person violating the provisions of this section
19 shall, upon summary conviction before a magistrate, be sentenced
1 to pay a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and
2 costs of prosecution, and, in default of the payment thereof,
3 shall undergo imprisonment for not more than ten (10) days.
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