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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="21-1306" title_number="21" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Rules of the Road" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Operation of Motorcycles">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to any person riding in an enclosed cab.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An individual may not operate or ride on a motorcycle unless the individual is wearing protective headgear that meets the standards established by the Administrator.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person may not operate a motorcycle unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>He is wearing an eye-protective device of a type approved by the Administrator; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The motorcycle is equipped with a windscreen.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Administrator:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>May approve or disapprove protective headgear and eye-protective devices required by this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>May adopt and enforce regulations establishing standards and specifications for the approval of protective headgear and eye-protective devices; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Shall publish lists of all protective headgear and eye-protective devices that he approves, by name and type.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The failure of an individual to wear protective headgear required under subsection (b) of this section may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Be considered evidence of negligence;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Be considered evidence of contributory negligence;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Limit liability of a party or an insurer; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Diminish recovery for damages arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or operation of a motorcycle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this subsection, a party, witness, or counsel may not make reference to protective headgear during a trial of a civil action that involves property damage, personal injury, or death if the damage, injury, or death is not related to the design, manufacture, supplying, or repair of protective headgear.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Nothing contained in this subsection may be construed to prohibit the right of a person to institute a civil action for damages against a dealer, manufacturer, distributor, factory branch, or other appropriate entity or person arising out of an incident that involves protective headgear alleged to be defectively designed, manufactured, or repaired.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>In a civil action described under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph in which 2 or more parties are named as joint tort-feasors, interpleaded as defendants, or impleaded as defendants, and at least 1 of the joint tort-feasors or defendants is not involved in the design, manufacture, supplying, or repair of protective headgear, a court shall order on a motion of any party separate trials to accomplish the ends of justice.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
