{"data":{"id":"us-vt/23-v.s.a.-1141","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"23 V.S.A. § 1141","heading":"Equipment on bicycles","body":"(a) A person shall not operate a bicycle at nighttime from one-half hour after sunset until one-half hour before sunrise unless the bicycle or the bicyclist is equipped with a lamp on the front that emits a white light visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the front. In addition, bicyclists shall operate during these hours with either a lamp on the rear of the bicycle or bicyclist that emits a flashing or steady red light visible at least 300 feet to the rear or with reflective, rear-facing material or reflectors, or both, with a surface area totaling at least 20 square inches on the bicycle or bicyclist and visible at least 300 feet to the rear.\n(b) No person may equip a bicycle with any siren or whistle, or any device simulating a siren of an authorized emergency vehicle, nor may he or she operate a bicycle so equipped.\n(c) No person may operate a bicycle unless it is equipped with a brake that will enable the operator to make the braked wheels skid on dry, level, clean pavement.","path":["Title 23: Motor Vehicles","Chapter 013: Operation of Vehicles","Subchapter 012: OPERATION OF BICYCLES, ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICES, AND PLAY VEHICLES"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/23/013/01141","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:05Z","sha256":"0a72cf58c41ccf43d6035f34a38c86605f731d903bb67e001e44e29762267827","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/23-v.s.a.-1140","next":"us-vt/23-v.s.a.-1141a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}