Sec. 14-289a. Riding on motorcycle. Carrying of passenger.

(a) A person operating a motorcycle shall ride only upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto, and such operator shall not carry any other person nor shall any other person ride on a motorcycle unless such motorcycle is properly equipped to carry more than one person, in which event a passenger may ride upon the permanent and regular seat if designed for two persons, or upon another seat firmly attached to the rear or side of the operator. No operator of a motorcycle who has not held an endorsement to operate a motorcycle for a period of three months shall carry any other person on such motorcycle, except that any operator sixteen or seventeen years of age shall not transport any passenger on a motorcycle for a period of six months after obtaining such endorsement.

(b) As used in this section, the term “motorcycle” shall not include “autocycle”, as defined in section 14-1, except that an operator of an autocycle who is sixteen or seventeen years of age shall be subject to all passenger restrictions contained in section 14-36g.

(c) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.

(February, 1965, P.A. 448, S. 17; 1967, P.A. 728; P.A. 75-577, S. 112, 126; P.A. 07-167, S. 8; P.A. 15-46, S. 6.)

History: 1967 act prohibited persons licensed to operate motorcycle for less than three months from carrying passengers; P.A. 75-577 stated that violation of provisions is an infraction; P.A. 07-167 replaced “a license” with “an endorsement” and added provision restricting transportation of passenger by operator sixteen or seventeen years of age; P.A. 15-46 designated existing provisions as Subsecs. (a) and (c) and added Subsec. (b) re autocycle, effective July 1, 2015.