Chapter 14 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC*
Section 14-508 Required equipment.
(a)
Brakes. Each person operating a cycle shall have that cycle equipped with a brake or brakes
which will enable its operator to stop the bicycle within twenty-five (25) feet from a speed of ten
(10) miles per hour on dry, level, clean pavement.
(b)
Lights. Each person operating a cycle on a street or highway during the period from one-half
hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise shall have his cycle equipped with the
following:
(1) A front-facing lamp on the front
or carried by the rider which shall emit a white light
visible at night under normal atmospheric conditions on a straight, level, unlighted roadway at
five hundred (500) feet.
(2) A rear-facing red reflector, at
least two (2) square inches in reflective surface area, on the
rear which shall be visible at night under normal atmospheric conditions on a straight, level,
unlighted roadway when viewed by a vehicle driver under the lower beams of vehicle headlights
at six hundred (600) feet.
(3) Essentially colorless or amber
reflectors on both front and rear surfaces of all pedals.
Each pedal reflector shall be recessed below the plan of the pedal or reflector housing. Each
reflector shall be at least ninety one-hundredths (90/100) square inches in projected effective
reflex area, and must be visible at night under normal atmospheric conditions on a straight, level,
unlighted roadway when viewed by a vehicle driver under the lawful lower beams of vehicle
headlights at two hundred (200) feet.
(4) A side-facing essentially colorless
or amber reflector visible on each side of a wheel
mounted on the wheel spokes of the front wheel within three (3) inches of the inside of the wheel
rim and a side-facing essentially colorless or red reflector mounted on the wheel spokes of the
rear wheel within three (3) inches of the inside of the wheel rim or continuous retro-reflective
material on each side of both tires which shall be at least three-sixteenths (3;frax;16;) of an inch
wide. All such reflectors or retro-reflective tire sidewalls shall be visible at night under normal
atmospheric conditions on a straight, level, unlighted roadway when viewed by a vehicle driver
under the lawful lower beams of vehicle headlights at three hundred (300) feet.
(Code 1964, § 12.1560)