Subject: RE: Texas bike law ?
http://bicycleaustin.info/laws/tx-bike.html
Required safety equipment
Sec. 551.104. Safety Equipment.
(a ) A person may not operate a bicycle unless the bicycle is equipped with a brake capable of making a braked wheel skid on dry, level, clean pavement.
(b ) A person may not operate a bicycle at nighttime unless the bicycle is equipped with:
(1 ) a lamp on the front of the bicycle that emits a white light visible from a distance of at least 500 feet in front of the bicycle; and
(2 ) on the rear of the bicycle:
(A ) a red reflector that is:
(i ) of a type approved by the department; and
(ii ) visible when directly in front of lawful upper beams of motor vehicle headlamps from all distances from 50 to 300 feet to the rear of the bicycle; or
(B ) a lamp that emits a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear of the bicycle.
[back to list of TX laws] Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; amended 2001 |