2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 32 Motor vehicles and traffic regulation :: RS 32:329 Bicycles; front lamps; side and rear reflectors; rear lamps

§329.  Bicycles; front lamps; side and rear reflectors

A.  Every bicycle when in use at nighttime shall be equipped with a lamp on the front which shall emit a white light visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the front and with a red reflector on the rear and a reflector on each side facing outward at a right angle to the bicycle frame, all of a type approved by the department which shall be visible from all distances within six hundred feet to one hundred feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful lower beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle.  A lamp emitting a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear may be used in addition to the red reflector.

B.  After December 31, 1974, no person shall sell or offer for sale any bicycle unless such bicycle is equipped with at least one red reflector on the rear and one reflector on each side as required by this section.  This section shall not apply to bicycles while engaged in sanctioned competition races.

Acts 1962, No. 310, §1.  Amended by Acts 1974, No. 35, §1.