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Section 130, The Road Traffic Act, 2007
Status not yet checkedThe Road Traffic Act, 2007, Sierra Leone
(1) A person who rides a cycle dangerously on a roadcommits an office and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person is to be
regarded as riding dangerously if–
(a) the way the person rides falls below what
would be expected of a competent and careful
cyclist; and
(b) it would be obvious to a competent and
careful cyclist that riding in the manner would
be dangerous.
(3) In subsection (2) “dangerous” includes danger either
of injury to any person or of serious damage to property; and in
determining for the purposes of that subsection what would be
obvious to a competent and careful cyclist in a particular case, regard
shall be had not only to the circumstances of which the cyclist could
be expected to be aware but also to any circumstances shown to
have been within the knowledge of the accused.
(4) Where a cycle track is provided alongside a road, a
person riding a bicycle who fails to use the cycle track commits an
Le50,000 or to imprisonment for one day.
(5) A person who rides a cycle on a road without due
care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other
persons using the road or place, commits an offence and is liable on
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