Section 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.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-289a
(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.)
Amended by P.A. 15-0046, S. 6 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2015 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2015.