2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 20-140.4. Special provisions for motorcycles and mopeds.

§ 20‑140.4.  Special provisions for motorcycles and mopeds.

(a)       No person shall operate a motorcycle or moped upon a highway or public vehicular area:

(1)       When the number of persons upon such motorcycle or moped, including the operator, shall exceed the number of persons which it was designed to carry.

(2)       Unless the operator and all passengers thereon wear safety helmets of a type approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.

(b)       Violation of any provision of this section shall not be considered negligence per se or contributory negligence per se in any civil action.

(c)       Any person convicted of violating this section shall have committed an infraction and shall be fined according to G.S. 20‑135.2A(e) and (f). (1973, c. 1330, s. 6; 1989, c. 711, s. 1.)