09-15-2019, 09:29 PM
(09-14-2019, 11:21 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: The HTA permits reflectors in place of lights. It is our city bylaws which require lights.
It's in s. 61 of the HTA. You're allowed to substitute a reflector for the rear light, but not the front one. And yes, it only applies from 30 minutes before sunset to 30 minutes after sunrise, but also any other time the lighting is poor, so in practice all bikes should probably have lights and reflectors. You don't need them if you're riding a unicycle though
https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90h08#BK123
Lights and reflectors on bicycles, etc.
(17) When on a highway at any time from one-half hour before sunset to one-half hour after sunrise and at any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavourable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of 150 metres or less, every motor assisted bicycle and bicycle (other than a unicycle) shall carry a lighted lamp displaying a white or amber light on its front and a lighted lamp displaying a red light or a reflector on its rear, and in addition white reflective material shall be placed on its front forks, and red reflective material covering a surface of not less than 250 millimetres in length and 25 millimetres in width shall be placed on its rear. 2015, c. 14, s. 21 (2).