GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

S                                                                                                                                                     1

SENATE BILL 955

Short Title:        Bicycle Lights at Night.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senator Nesbitt.
Referred to:	Judiciary I.

March 26, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to require bicycles to have visible lights on the front and rear of the bicycle when operated at night on a street or highway.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑129(e) reads as rewritten:

"(e)       Lamps on Bicycles. – Every bicycle shall be equipped with a lighted lamp on the front thereof, visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of at least 300 feet in front of such bicycle, and shall also be equipped with a reflex mirror or lamp on the rear, exhibiting a red light visible under like conditions from a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of such bicycle, when used at night.in operation on a street or highway."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2009, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.