Texas Transportation Code

§ 551.102 — GENERAL OPERATION

TN § 551.102Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part C. RULES OF THE ROAD · Ch. 551. OPERATION OF BICYCLES AND MOPEDS, GOLF CARTS, AND OTHER LOW-POWERED VEHICLES · Art. B. BICYCLES

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(a)A person operating a bicycle shall ride only on or astride a permanent and regular seat attached to the bicycle.

(b)A person may not use a bicycle to carry more persons than the bicycle is designed or equipped to carry.

(c)A person operating a bicycle may not use the bicycle to carry an object that prevents the person from operating the bicycle with at least one hand on the handlebars of the bicycle.

(d)A person operating a bicycle, coaster, sled, or toy vehicle or using roller skates may not attach either the person or the bicycle, coaster, sled, toy vehicle, or roller skates to a streetcar or vehicle on a roadway.

Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.