Operation of electric scooter: Limitations on place and speed; applicability of laws; rights and duties of operator.

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1. Except as otherwise provided in an ordinance enacted pursuant to NRS 484A.469, an electric scooter may be operated:

(a) On a roadway, bicycle lane, path or route at a speed of not more than 15 miles per hour; and

(b) On a sidewalk and other pedestrian areas at a speed that does not exceed the limit set in an ordinance enacted pursuant to NRS 484A.469, if any.

2. Except as otherwise provided in a specific statute or an ordinance enacted pursuant to NRS 484A.469:

(a) An electric scooter is subject to all the provisions of law applicable to bicycles and electric bicycles except those provisions which by their nature can have no application; and

(b) A person operating an electric scooter has the same rights and duties as a person operating a bicycle or an electric bicycle, except for those rights and duties which by their nature can have no application.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 1885)


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