Moped — helmet, passengers, lights, phone
| Topic | What the rule says | Where it goes wrong |
|---|---|---|
| The helmet and its fastening | Rider and passengers wear a well-fitting, approved helmet, properly fastened on the head. | Wearing the helmet unfastened. The law names the fastening explicitly. |
| When the helmet is not required | The helmet requirement does not apply to the rider of a cargo moped and the passenger seated behind them. | Stretching the exception to everyone on a cargo bike, including the children in the box. |
| Passenger under 8 | On bicycles and mopeds, passengers under 8 are carried only on a purpose-made seat. | Putting a child on the luggage rack. That exception starts at 8 and excludes light mopeds. |
| In the load box or trailer | Carrying people in the load space of a moped, or in or on a trailer behind it, is forbidden. | Thinking it is allowed as long as you ride slowly. |
| Lights at night and in poor visibility | A moped shows dipped headlights at night and by day when visibility is seriously reduced; main beam is not allowed by day, towards oncoming traffic, or close behind a vehicle. | Thinking a moped can get by with bicycle lights. |
| Phone in the hand | Anyone driving a vehicle may not hold a mobile electronic device while riding. A moped is a vehicle. | Thinking the ban is only for cars. The article names no category. |
The law itself
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