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LR 595
Item 1

 
A. A motorcycle driver education program must consist of an
8-hour block of instruction directly related to the actual
operation of motorcycles and motor-driven cycles,
emphasizing safety measures designed to ensure greater
awareness of careful and skillful operation of motorcycles
and motor-driven cycles.

 
Sec. 22. 29-A MRSA §1902, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683,
Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:

 
C. A motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, within 30 feet, from
a speed of 20 miles per hour.

 
Sec. 23. 29-A MRSA §1902, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt.
A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:

 
3. Parking brakes. A vehicle, except a 2-wheel motorcycle or
2-wheel motor-driven cycle, must be equipped with parking brakes
adequate to hold the vehicle on any grade on which it is
operated, under all conditions of loading, on a surface free from
snow, ice or loose material. Parking brakes:

 
A. Must be capable of being applied by the driver's
muscular effort, spring action or equivalent means;

 
B. May be operated with assistance of the service brakes or
other source of power, provided that failure of the service
brake actuation system or other power assisting mechanism
does not prevent the parking brakes from being applied;

 
C. Must be designed so that, once applied, they remain
applied with the required effectiveness despite leakage or
exhaustion of any source of energy;

 
D. May share the same brake drums, brake shoes and lining
assemblies, brake shoe anchors and mechanical brake shoe
actuation mechanisms associated with the wheel brake
assemblies used for service brakes; and

 
E. If the means of applying the parking and service brakes
are connected, must be constructed so that failure of one
part does not leave the vehicle without operative brakes.

 
Sec. 24. 29-A MRSA §1904, sub-§4, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 452,
Pt. Q, §21 and affected by Pt. X, §2, is amended to read:

 
B. A motorcycle or motor-driven cycle must have one mounted
headlight.


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