§291C-147  Lamps and other equipment onbicycles.  (a)  Any bicycle used from thirty minutes after sunset untilthirty minutes before sunrise shall be equipped with a lamp on the frontemitting a white light visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet tothe front.

(b)  Every bicycle shall be equipped with a redreflector at least four square inches in size which shall be visible for sixhundred feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful lower beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle.

(c)  Every bicycle when in use at the timedescribed in subsection (a) shall be equipped with reflective material at leastfour square inches in size and of sufficient size and reflectivity to bevisible from both sides for six hundred feet when directly in front of lawfullower beams of head lamps on a motor vehicle, or, in lieu of such reflectivematerial, with a lighted lamp visible from both sides from a distance of atleast five hundred feet.

(d)  A bicycle or its rider may be equippedwith lights or reflectors in addition to those required by the foregoingsubsections.

(e)  A lamp meeting the specification ofsubsection (a) displayed on the left arm or left leg of the bicycle operatorshall be considered to meet the requirements of subsection (a).

(f)  A bicycle shall be equipped with a brakeor brakes which enable the bicycle's driver to stop the bicycle withintwenty-five feet from a speed of ten miles per hour on dry, level, cleanpavement. [L 1971, c 150, pt of §1; am L 1974, c 133, §6; am L 1976, c 148, §5;am L 1978, c 175, §14; am L 1984, c 273, §14]