A 3-minute lesson from the Missouri course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
A moped is a motorized bicycle, and you need a driver license to ride one on public streets. Bicycles and mopeds don't need registration or inspection, but Missouri requires working brakes plus lights and reflectors at night. Electric bicycles are their own category.
Motorized bicycle (moped)
Two- or three-wheeled device with automatic transmission and a motor of no more than 50 cc producing under 3 gross brake horsepower, with a top speed of no more than 30 mph on level ground.
Your moped has a 49 cc engine and automatic transmission and tops out at 28 mph. It's a motorized bicycle, so you need a valid driver license to ride it, and you may never ride it on an interstate.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
You must have a white light visible from how far when riding a bicycle between ½ hour after sunset and ½ hour before sunrise?
100 feet
300 feet
1,000 feet
500 feet
Answer: 500 feet
A white light on the front of the bicycle (or carried by the rider) must be visible from 500 feet.
A Class 1 electric bicycle under Missouri law can propel itself without the rider pedaling, as long as it stays under 20 mph.
True
False
Answer: False
A Class 1 electric bicycle only provides motor assistance while the rider is pedaling; a motor that propels without pedaling describes a Class 2 electric bicycle instead.