March 12, 2007
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to make changes in motor vehicle law regarding the wearing of a safety helmet by use of a retention strap, what "public service vehicle" means, changing the word STOPLIGHT to traffic signal, and changing the time allowed for removal of a vehicle from a public highway or rest area.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 20-140.4 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20-140.4. Special provisions for motorcycles and mopeds.
(a) No person shall operate a motorcycle or moped upon a highway or public vehicular area:
(1) When the number of persons upon such motorcycle or moped, including the operator, shall exceed the number of persons which it was designed to carry.
(2) Unless the operator and all passengers thereon wear safety helmets of a type approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.on their head, with a retention strap properly secured, safety helmets of a type that complies with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 218.
(b) Violation of any provision of this section shall not be considered negligence per se or contributory negligence per se in any civil action.
(c) Any person convicted of violating this section shall have committed an infraction and shall be fined according to G.S. 20-135.2A(e) and (f)."
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Here it is, as predicted... This bill is currently in the J III Committee.
Comments Please.... on HB 563
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