Section 23 Restriction of carriage of persons on motor cycles.
(1)
Not more than one person in addition to the driver may be carried on a F1motor bicycle.
(2)
No person in addition to the driver may be carried on a motor bicycle otherwise than sitting astride the motor cycle and on a proper seat securely fixed to the motor cycle behind the driver’s seat.
(3)
If a person is carried on a motor cycle in contravention of this section, the driver of the motor cycle is guilty of an offence.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words substituted by Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22, SIF 107:1), s. 7, Sch. 6 para. 6
Notes on Part I
Modifications
- C1
Pt. I modified (E.W.S.) (16.8.2006) by The Dover Harbour Revision Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2167), art. 27