California V C Section 24015 Motorized Bicycle Safety and Equipment Requirements
Motorized Bicycle: Safety and Equipment Requirements
24015. (a) Motorized bicycles shall comply with those federal motor vehicle safety standards established under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C., Sec. 1381, et seq.) which are applicable to a motor-driven cycle, as that term is defined in such federal standards. Such standards include, but are not limited to, provisions requiring a headlamp, taillamp, stoplamp, side and rear reflex reflectors, and adequate brakes.
"The Secretary of Transportation delegated to the NHTSA Administrator the authority to administer the old National Highway Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, formerly codified at 15 U.S.C. §§ 1381 et seq. That Act was repealed, reissued, and recodified in 1994 as "Chapter 301 of Title 49 of the United States Code". Under the recodification, the same basic statutory provisions remain as in the predecessor Act. Their administration is still delegated to the NHTSA Administrator, and portions thereof are redelegated within NHTSA. For simplicity, that basic statute (including its predecessor) is referred to herein as “the Safety Act,” and the Secretary’s authority as that of NHTSA."
"Chapter 301 of Title 49" makes no reference to motorized bikes or any other 2 wheeled vehicles for that matter. It only applies to cars and school buses. LOL Why is California and many other states still using a federal law that was repealed in 1994 as a reference for enforcing it's own law? So they can write bogus tickets for "Federally Mandated" brake lights and turn signals on bicycles and cash in on the fines they collect? Something ain't right here. LOL
http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/standards/chapt301.html
http://www.htsassociates.com/documents/NHTSA-Safety-Defect-Investigations.pdf
Motorized Bicycle: Safety and Equipment Requirements
24015. (a) Motorized bicycles shall comply with those federal motor vehicle safety standards established under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C., Sec. 1381, et seq.) which are applicable to a motor-driven cycle, as that term is defined in such federal standards. Such standards include, but are not limited to, provisions requiring a headlamp, taillamp, stoplamp, side and rear reflex reflectors, and adequate brakes.
"The Secretary of Transportation delegated to the NHTSA Administrator the authority to administer the old National Highway Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, formerly codified at 15 U.S.C. §§ 1381 et seq. That Act was repealed, reissued, and recodified in 1994 as "Chapter 301 of Title 49 of the United States Code". Under the recodification, the same basic statutory provisions remain as in the predecessor Act. Their administration is still delegated to the NHTSA Administrator, and portions thereof are redelegated within NHTSA. For simplicity, that basic statute (including its predecessor) is referred to herein as “the Safety Act,” and the Secretary’s authority as that of NHTSA."
"Chapter 301 of Title 49" makes no reference to motorized bikes or any other 2 wheeled vehicles for that matter. It only applies to cars and school buses. LOL Why is California and many other states still using a federal law that was repealed in 1994 as a reference for enforcing it's own law? So they can write bogus tickets for "Federally Mandated" brake lights and turn signals on bicycles and cash in on the fines they collect? Something ain't right here. LOL
http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/standards/chapt301.html
http://www.htsassociates.com/documents/NHTSA-Safety-Defect-Investigations.pdf
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