Child on bike

[BigRed]

Originally Posted by HwyRider

MA doesn't have a minmum age for passengers.

I was being sarcastic...this being Mass and all...

[mick56]

Originally Posted by ponch

They have to be able to reach the pegs, be able to consciously hold on and understand the seriousness of riding on the back of a bike. Usually around 10 years old, older if they are dense.

[napom]

Check your state laws . . .while you probably won't find any law saying a child has to be a certain age to ride on the back of a motorcycle, you may find something like this in a place you wouldn't think to look when looking for a motorcycle related law (

From the annotated Code of Virginia:

§ 46.2-1095. Child restraint devices required when transporting certain children; safety belts for passengers less than eighteen years old required; penalty.

A. Any person who drives on the highways of Virginia any motor vehicle manufactured after January 1, 1968, shall ensure that any child, up to age eight, whom he transports therein is provided with and properly secured in a child restraint device of a type which meets the standards adopted by the United States Department of Transportation. Further, rear-facing child restraint devices shall be placed in the back seat of a vehicle. In the event the vehicle does not have a back seat, the child restraint device may be placed in the front passenger seat only if the vehicle is either not equipped with a passenger side airbag or the passenger side airbag has been deactivated.

The operative phrase here is "drives on the highways of Virginia any motor vehicle . . ."

A motorcycle would qualify as "any motor vehicle" So unless you ride a pre Jan 1, 1968 motorcycle, the technical answer to that original question in Virginia is 8 years old . . .