Operation on Highways and Sidewalks; Direction of Travel

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Motor Vehicles and Traffic
  4. Uniform Rules of the Road
  5. Special Provisions for Certain Vehicles
  6. Personal Assistive Mobility Devices
  7. Operation on Highways and Sidewalks; Direction of Travel

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  1. Electric personal assistive mobility devices may be operated on highways and on sidewalks where a 48 inch clear path is maintained for access for persons with disabilities, provided that any person operating such a device shall have the same rights and duties as prescribed for pedestrians in Article 5 of this chapter and except as otherwise provided in this part.
  2. No person shall operate any electric personal assistive mobility device on the roadway of any highway unless:
    1. The maximum speed limit of the roadway is 35 miles per hour or less; or
    2. The roadway has a separately striped bicycle lane and the device is operated within the bicycle lane.
  3. When traveling on any roadway of a highway, a person operating an electric personal assistive mobility device shall travel in the same direction authorized for motor vehicle traffic on such roadway.

(Code 1981, §40-6-320, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 308, § 4.)


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