PRINTER'S NO. 4107
No. 2901 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY CLYMER, GEIST, PESCI, ITKIN, SERAFINI, HAGARTY AND
RICHARDSON, SEPTEMBER 26, 1990
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 26, 1990
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, requiring protective headgear for pedalcycle
3 riders; and providing a penalty.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 3510. Protective headgear for pedalcycle riders.
9 (a) General rule.--
10 (1) No person who is six years of age or older shall
11 operate a pedalcycle unless he is wearing protective headgear
12 which complies with standards established by the department.
13 (2) No person operating a pedalcycle shall allow any
14 person to ride as a passenger on a pedalcycle or in a
15 pedalcycle trailer unless that passenger is wearing
16 protective headgear which complies with standards established
17 by the department.
18 (b) Proof of purchase.--The first violation of subsection
1 (a) by any person may be dismissed by the court if the person
2 charged produces proof that a helmet meeting the standards
3 established by the department has been purchased for use by the
4 operator or passenger.
5 (c) Exception.--This section shall not apply to the
6 operation of a tricycle.
7 (d) Definitions.--As used in this section, the term "wearing
8 protective headgear" means having a helmet of good fit fastened
9 securely upon the head with the helmet straps.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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