Backie on a bicycle

Giving anyone a 'backie' on your bicycle is a criminal offence as it's illegal to carry more than one person on a bicycle unless "it is constructed or adapted for the carriage of more than one person".

Interestingly, the legislation doesn't refer to cycling, it just limits the number of people allowed on an unadapted bicycle.

 
 
 
 

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