{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-551.102","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 551.102","heading":"GENERAL OPERATION.","body":"(a) A person operating a bicycle shall ride only on or astride a permanent and regular seat attached to the bicycle.\n(b) A person may not use a bicycle to carry more persons than the bicycle is designed or equipped to carry.\n(c) A person operating a bicycle may not use the bicycle to carry an object that prevents the person from operating the bicycle with at least one hand on the handlebars of the bicycle.\n(d) A person operating a bicycle, coaster, sled, or toy vehicle or using roller skates may not attach either the person or the bicycle, coaster, sled, toy vehicle, or roller skates to a streetcar or vehicle on a roadway.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD","CHAPTER 551. OPERATION OF BICYCLES AND MOPEDS, GOLF CARTS, AND OTHER LOW-POWERED VEHICLES","SUBCHAPTER B. BICYCLES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.551.htm#551.102","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"f6c9e15cd1295e75cb0100065af9df9ce62f34f6fad6e36047d53ee5ccec466d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-551.101","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-551.103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}