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C-24.2 - Highway Safety Code
Section 491
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491. Subject to section 479, no person may ride a bicycle on a public highway on which the maximum speed allowed is over 50 km/h unless
(1) he uses a cycle lane separated from the roadway and specially laid out to prevent vehicles from crossing over from the roadway to the cycle lane or vice versa, or having that effect;
(2) he is 12 years of age or over; or
(3) he is taking part in an excursion led by a person of full age.
491. Subject to section 479, no person may ride a bicycle on a public highway on which the maximum speed allowed is over 50 km/h unless
(1) the roadway includes cycle lanes specially laid out by the person responsible for the maintenance of the highway;
(2) he is 12 years of age or over; or
(3) he is taking part in an excursion led by a person of full age.
