C-24.2, r. 39.1 - Pilot project on the transportation of bicycles on a rack installed on the front of buses and minibuses

Section 2 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

2. Despite subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph of section 471 of the Highway Safety Code (chapter C-24.2) on the prohibition to drive or allow to be driven a bus or minibus carrying a load that blocks the lights of the vehicle, the transportation of bicycles on a rack installed on the front of buses and minibuses is authorized if the buses or minibuses are equipped with auxiliary headlights that compensate for the reduction of intensity of their headlights or if the following conditions are met:

(1)  the bicycle rack is a Sportworks (model DL2) or an equivalent bicycle rack able to transport a maximum of 2 bicycles;

(2)  the use of a bicycle rack is limited to transporting bicycles, the number of which must not exceed the number for which the bicycle rack was designed;

(3)  transportation of bicycles is carried out within a period between 1 hour before sunrise and 1 hour after sunset;

(4)  the low beams and parking lights of the bus or minibus are turned on;

(5)  a bicycle placed on the rack is free of any load or removable accessory that blocks the headlights of the bus or minibus.

M.O. 2011-12, s. 2.