Bermuda Consolidated Legislation

 

BERMUDA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

SR&O 16/1955

AUXILIARY BICYCLES (CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT AND USE) REGULATIONS 1955

[made under sections 30 and 51 of the Auxiliary Bicycles Act 1954 [title 21 item 7] and brought into operation on 1 October 1955]

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

1 Citation

2 Interpretation

2A Minister may by order regulate design or build of body

2B Minister may prohibit use of auxiliary bicycle on ac count of design or build of body

3 View to the front

4 Handlebar width

5 Braking system

6 Warning device

7 Lights

8 Throttle control

9 Maximum decibels

10 Identification plate

11 White reflective paint

Citation

1 These Regulations may be cited as the Auxiliary Bicycles (Construction, Equipment and Use) Regulations 1955.

Interpretation

2 In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires, all expressions shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Auxiliary Bicycles Act 1954 [title 21 item 7].

Minister may by order regulate design or build of body

2A The design or build of the body of any auxiliary bicycle shall be regulated and controlled by order of the Minister—

(a) so as to conduce to road safety; and

(b) so as to preserve as far as possible the amenities of Bermuda, notwithstanding any consideration of private gain.

Minister may prohibit use of auxiliary bicycle on account of design or build of body

2B (1) Where the design or the build of the body of any auxiliary bicycle is, in the opinion of the Minister unsuitable having regard to the preservation of road safety or the amenities of Bermuda, the Minister may by order prohibit the use of such auxiliary bicycle on any road while it is so designed or while the body of such auxiliary bicycle is so built.

View to the front

3 (1) Every auxiliary bicycle shall be so designed, constructed and equipped that the driver thereof, while using the auxiliary bicycle on a road, can at all times have a full view of the road and of traffic ahead of the auxiliary bicycle.

(2) No article, including a flag or mascot, shall be carried on any auxiliary bicycle while the auxiliary bicycle is in use on a road if the article—

(a) is of such a size; and

(b) is carried in such a position,

as to be liable substantially to obstruct the driver's view of approaching traffic.

Handlebar width

4 No auxiliary bicycle shall be fitted with handlebars having a maximum overall width in excess of thirty inches.

Braking system

5 Every auxiliary bicycle shall be fitted with an effective braking system, which shall be maintained in good working order.

Warning device

6 Every auxiliary bicycle shall be equipped with a bell or other

warning device of a pattern approved by the Minister, and every such bell or warning device shall be fitted in such a position that it can be readily operated by the driver of the auxiliary bicycle, and shall be maintained in good working order.

Lights

7 (1) Every auxiliary bicycle shall, while being used on any road during the hours of darkness, carry—

(a) one lamp showing to the front a white light; and

(b) one lamp showing to the rear a red light.

(2) Any lamp carried in accordance with the provisions of this regulation shall be rigidly fitted to the auxiliary bicycle.

Throttle control

8 In any case where the engine of an auxiliary bicycle is fitted with a mechanism for opening or closing the throttle, such mechanism shall be operated by a control convenient to and easily operated by the hand or foot of the driver of the auxiliary bicycle.

Maximum decibels

9 For the purposes of section 13 of the Auxiliary Bicycles Act 1954 [title 21 item 7], the maximum standard of noise permitted in relation to any auxiliary bicycle shall be such volume and intensity of noise mea sured in decibels and in such manner as the Minister may from time to time determine, when the engine of the auxiliary bicycle is being run at a speed which would propel the auxiliary bicycle, together with a driver, at 20 miles per hour on a level road under windless conditions, or at full throttle, whichever condition is first reached on test.

Identification plate

10 (1) An identification plate issued in respect of an auxiliary bicy cle shall be fitted thereto in such a manner that the figures on the iden tification plate can be read at a reasonable distance at all times.

(2) No other figures or letters, and no design, ornamentation or article shall be placed near to, over or upon any identification plate in such a manner as to render it more difficult to read or distinguish the figures on the identification plate when the auxiliary bicycle is in use on a road.

(3) No identification plate shall be in any way obscured when the auxiliary bicycle is in use on a road.

(4) In this regulation, the expression "identification plate", in relation to any auxiliary bicycle, means a plate bearing the registered number of the auxiliary bicycle and issued by the Minister under the Auxiliary Bicycles (Examination, Licensing and Registration) Regulations 1955 [title 21 item 7(b)].

White reflective paint

11 (1) The outside of the rear mudguard of every auxiliary bicycle shall be painted with white reflective paint or other white reflective mate rial for a distance of not less than five inches from the bottom of the back of the mudguard.

(2) Any such white paint or material shall be maintained in a clean condition and shall not, while the auxiliary bicycle is in use, be ob scured:

Provided that the carrying of a red lamp in accordance with the provisions of regulation 7 shall not be deemed to be an obscuring of any such white paint or material:

And further provided that the provisions of this regulation shall not apply to an auxiliary bicycle which carries an identification plate in accordance with regulation 10 at the bottom of the back of the rear mud guard.