# Road Traffic Act 1988, 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 motor 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/52/section/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1988/section-23
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