# Road Traffic Act 1972, Section 16: Restriction on carriage of persons on motorcycles


It shall not be lawful for more than one person in addition to the driver to be carried on a two-wheeled motor cycle, nor shall it be lawful for any such one person to be so carried otherwise than sitting astride the cycle and on a proper seat securely fixed to the cycle behind the driver's seat; and if a person is carried on a cycle in contravention of this section, the driver of the cycle shall be guilty of an offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/20/section/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1972/section-16
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