Title 31
Motor and Other Vehicles

Chapter 19
Operation of Bicycles

R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-19-4

§ 31-19-4. Excessive number of persons on bicycle.

No bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed or equipped, except when transporting a child six (6) years of age or younger in a rear-mounted bicycle carrier and/or trailer that meets mandatory and various industry standard specifications as developed by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).

History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 58, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 157, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 249, § 1.