Ch. 3 · Bikes & E-Mobility

When riding a specified small motorized bicycle, riding with a passenger is prohibited in all cases.

[True / False · Medium]

Answer: ✓ True

Explanation

Specified small motorized bicycles are prohibited from carrying passengers without exception. In the case of bicycles, riding with a passenger is permitted only when carrying a small child in a child seat, but no such exception exists for specified small motorized bicycles.

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Hikari
Hikari
Wait, so it's just like a regular bicycle, right? You can put a kid in a seat?
Momoka
Momoka
Nope! Specified small motorized bicycles can never carry passengers — no exceptions at all. Regular bicycles get that child-seat exception, but these don't.
Hikari
Hikari
Oh wow, I totally thought they followed the same rules!
Momoka
Momoka
Easy mistake! Just remember: motorized means zero passengers, every time.

Source: Ch. 3 Bikes & E-Mobility · Section (第1節 特定小型原動機付自転車の正しい乗り方) · Rules of the Road, Ch.3 §1 (Riding specified small motorized bicycles correctly) / 1(3) — Do not ride two-up. / §2 (Riding bicycles correctly) 1(4) — Riding two-up is dangerous even where traffic is light, so do not do it. This does not apply when a young child is carried in a child seat.

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