NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 674

HOUSE BILL 333

 

 

AN ACT TO SAFEGUARD OPERATORS AND PASSENGERS OF MOTORCYCLES BY REQUIRING THE WEARING OF SAFETY HELMETS AND PROTECTIVE EYE SHIELDS, REQUIRING REAR VIEW MIRRORS AND BY LIMITING NUMBER OF PASSENGERS PERMITTED.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Subsection (b) of G.S. 20-140.2, as the same appears in the 1965 Replacement Volume 1C of the General Statutes, is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"(b)      No motorcycle shall be operated upon the streets and highways of this State unless the operator and all passengers thereon wear safety helmets of a type approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. No person shall operate a motorcycle upon the streets and highways of this State when the number of persons upon such motorcycle, including the operator, shall exceed the number of persons for which it was designed to carry. Violation of any provision of this subsection shall not be considered negligence per se or contributory negligence per se in any civil action."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 20-126, as the same appears in the 1965 Replacement Volume 1C of the General Statutes, is amended by adding a new subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c)       No person shall operate a motorcycle upon the streets or highways of this State unless such motorcycle is equipped with a rear view mirror so mounted as to provide the operater with a clear, undistorted and unobstructed view of at least 200 feet to the rear of the motorcycle. No motorcycle shall be registered in this State after January 1, 1968 unless such motorcycle is equipped with a rear view mirror as described in this Section. Violation of the provisions of this subsection shall not be considered negligence per se or contributory negligence per se in any civil action."

Sec. 3.  Subsection (b) of G. S. 20-176, as the same appears in the 1965 Replacement Volume 1C of the General Statutes, is amended by inserting between the figures "20-134" and "20-142" appearing in line 11 the figures "20-140.2".

Sec. 4.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5.  This Act shall become effective on and after January 1, 1968.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of June, 1967.