PRINTER'S NO. 165
No. 152 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY LASHINGER, CORNELL, E. Z. TAYLOR AND VROON,
JANUARY 30, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 30, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for limitations on passengers who
3 may be carried on motorcycles.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3522 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 3522. Riding on motorcycles.
9 (a) Use of seat by operator and passengers.--A person
10 operating a motorcycle shall ride only upon the permanent and
11 regular seat attached to the motorcycle, and the operator shall
12 not carry any other person nor shall any other person ride on a
13 motorcycle unless the motorcycle is designed to carry more than
14 one person, in which event a passenger may ride upon the
15 permanent and regular seat if designed for two persons, or upon
16 another seat firmly attached to the motorcycle at the rear or
17 side of the operator. In no event shall a passenger sit in front
18 of the operator of the motorcycle.
1 (b) Method of seating.--Unless in a sidecar, a person shall
2 ride upon a motorcycle only while sitting astride the seat,
3 facing forward, with one leg on each side of the motorcycle. In
4 no event shall a person ride upon a motorcycle astride a seat
5 unless his legs are of sufficient length to reach the pegs or
6 footrests installed by the manufacturer for passengers' feet.
7 (c) Articles carried by operator.--No person shall operate a
8 motorcycle while carrying any package, bundle or other article
9 which prevents him from keeping both hands on the handlebars.
10 (d) Interference with operation.--No operator shall carry
11 any person, nor shall any person ride, in a position that will
12 interfere with the operation or control of the motorcycle or the
13 view of the operator.
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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