Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 23, § 1141 (2026)

Equipment on bicycles

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Subchapter 012 : OPERATION OF BICYCLES, ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICES, AND PLAY VEHICLES

(Cite as: 23 V.S.A. § 1141)

§ 1141. Equipment on bicycles

(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.

(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.

(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. (Added 1971, No. 258 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 1, 1973; amended 1979, No. 22; 2009, No. 114 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1969–1969 · leading case: State v. Baril, 250 A.2d 732 (Vt. 1969).

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State v. Baril, 250 A.2d 732 (Vt. 1969). · cites it 2× “Secondly, he asserts that if the prosecution is based on 23 V.S.A. §1141, it falls within an exception of that statute which was not'specially pleaded.”

State v. Delaire, 252 A.2d 531 (Vt. 1969). “Although it was not a local ordinance, but a state limit, it was one requiring establishment at less than 50 miles per hour under the authority of 23 V.S.A. §1141, which reads: Outside the limits of a city or incorporated village, the maximum rate of speed on all public streets…”

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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 23, § 1141 (2026)

Equipment on bicycles

Subchapter 012 : OPERATION OF BICYCLES, ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICES, AND PLAY VEHICLES