A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require bicycles to have visible lights on the front and rear of the bicycle when operated at night on a street or highway.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑129(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	Lamps on Bicycles. – Every bicycle shall be equipped with a lighted lamp on the front thereof, visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of at least 300 feet in front of such bicycle, and shall also be equipped with a lamp on the rear, exhibiting a red light visible under like conditions from a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of such bicycle, when in operation on a street or highway."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2009, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.