Bill Text: FL S0416 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Bicycle Safety/Helmets and Lighting Equipment [CPSC]

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Transportation [S0416 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0416-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 416 
 
By Senator Bullard 
39-00188-10                                            2010416__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to bicycle safety; amending s. 
3         316.2065, F.S.; revising safety standard requirements 
4         for bicycle helmets that must be worn by certain 
5         riders and passengers; providing for enforcement of 
6         requirements for bicycle lighting equipment; providing 
7         penalties for violations; providing for dismissal of 
8         the charge following a first offense; providing an 
9         effective date. 
10 
11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
12 
13         Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) and subsection 
14  (8) of section 316.2065, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 
15         316.2065 Bicycle regulations.— 
16         (3) 
17         (d) A bicycle rider or passenger who is under 16 years of 
18  age must wear a bicycle helmet that is properly fitted and is 
19  fastened securely upon the passenger’s head by a strap, and that 
20  meets the federal safety standard for bicycle helmets, final 
21  rule, 16 C.F.R. part 1203. Helmets purchased before October 1, 
22  2010, and meeting standards of the American National Standards 
23  Institute (ANSI Z 90.4 Bicycle Helmet Standards), the standards 
24  of the Snell Memorial Foundation (1984 Standard for Protective 
25  Headgear for Use in Bicycling), or any other nationally 
26  recognized standards for bicycle helmets adopted by the 
27  department may continue to be worn by riders or passengers until 
28  January 1, 2014. As used in this subsection, the term 
29  “passenger” includes a child who is riding in a trailer or 
30  semitrailer attached to a bicycle. 
31         (8) Every bicycle in use between sunset and sunrise shall 
32  be equipped with a lamp on the front exhibiting a white light 
33  visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the front and a 
34  lamp and reflector on the rear each exhibiting a red light 
35  visible from a distance of 600 feet to the rear. A bicycle or 
36  its rider may be equipped with lights or reflectors in addition 
37  to those required by this section. A law enforcement officer may 
38  issue a bicycle safety brochure and a verbal warning to a 
39  bicycle rider who violates this subsection. A bicycle rider who 
40  violates this subsection may be issued a citation by a law 
41  enforcement officer and assessed a fine for a pedestrian 
42  violation, as provided in s. 318.18. The court shall dismiss the 
43  charge against a bicycle rider for a first violation of this 
44  subsection upon proof of purchase and installation of the proper 
45  lighting equipment. 
46         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2010.