Jokes
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Green Meenie
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Literally went down my rural road with my trailer last week and a cyclist pulling a carriage in the back with two kids in it and she’s in the middle of the lane. I slowed to 55 (it was an 80 zone) and passed by her in the oncoming lane to which she still stayed in the middle of the lane and as I passed she still yelled at me to slow down. Are you effin kidding me?
Mad Mike
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I might be wrong on this, but my neighbour cop told me you can't ride in a bicycle trailer on the road, only on closed courses, private property and trails.
Like farm kids riding hay wagons, it's not enforced, but apparently follows the same rules as any trailer on the road.
Interesting. Can't find conclusive information on that one. They could get you with "No person riding or operating a bicycle designed for carrying one person only shall carry any other person thereon.". From ontario.ca/page/bicycle-safety "Children are required to wear an approved bicycle helmet when riding in a child carrier or a bicycle trailer.". So children are allowed to ride in a trailer but that doesn't specifically reference whether this comment applies to roads and trails.
According to HTA, it looks like you are fine as the relevant HTA section would not apply. This is not a house or boat trailer and a bicycle is not a motor vehicle.
"Riding in house or boat trailers prohibited
188 No driver of a motor vehicle to which a house trailer or boat trailer is attached shall operate the motor vehicle on a highway if the trailer is occupied by any person. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 188."
