Implementation of Geneva Conventions Act, 2012
R 385
National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996)RegulationsNational Road Traffic Regulations, 2000Chapter VI : Fitness of VehiclesPart II : Equipment on or in respect of vehicles207. Compulsory wearing of protective helmet |
| (1) | No person shall drive or be a passenger on a motor cycle, motor tricycle or a motor quadrucycle, or be a passenger in the side-car attached to a motor cycle, on a public road, unless he or she is wearing a protective helmet— |
| (a) | which is specially designed for use in connection with such cycle; and |
| (b) | which fits him or her properly and of which the chin strap is properly fastened under the chin. |
| (2) | After expiry of three years from the date of commencement of this regulation, no person shall drive or be a passenger on a pedal cycle on a public road unless he or she is wearing a protective helmet which fits him or her properly and of which the chin straps is properly fastened under the chin. |
| (3) | The driver of a motor cycle, motor tricycle, motor quadrucycle or pedal cycle shall ensure that any passenger in or on such cycle who is younger than 14 years, complies with the provisions of subregulation (1) or (2), as the case may be. |
| (4) | Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulations (1) and (3), the driver and passengers of a motor cycle— |
| (a) | equipped with a seatbelt anchorages that comply with the requirements of standard specification SABS 1430 "Motor vehicle safety - anchorages for restraining devices in motor vehicles", for the driver and passengers (if any); |
| (b) | the engine of which can not move unless the driver and passengers (if any), of the motor cycle wears the seatbelt referred to in paragraph (a); and |
| (c) | that complies with the requirements of annex 11 of the standard specification SABS 1440 "Motor vehicle safety - The steering mechanism of motor vehicles (M1 only) - behaviour on impact", |
may drive or be passengers on such motor cycle on a public road while not wearing a protective helmet.
[Regulation 207 substituted by regulation 41 of Notice No. 2116 of 2001]
