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169.212

Statute ID: 11385

Traffic Regulations - Operation Of Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices

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Statute Number:

169.212

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 2002

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Traffic Regulations - Operation Of Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices

Statute ID:

11385

Created:

Jun 1, 2007 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jun 1, 2007 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

System

Legal Analyst Comment:

Summary Text:

Traffic Regulations - Operation Of Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/169/212.html

Legislative Session:

0 - NA

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 1, 2007

Subd. 2.   
(a) An electric personal assistive mobility device may be operated on a bicycle path.
(b) No person may operate an electric personal assistive mobility device on a roadway, sidewalk, or bicycle path at a rate of speed that is not reasonable and prudent under the conditions. Every person operating an electric personal assistive mobility device on a roadway, sidewalk, or bicycle path is responsible for becoming and remaining aware of the actual and potential hazards then existing on the roadway or sidewalk and must use due care in operating the device.
(c) An electric personal assistive mobility device may be operated on a roadway only:
(1) while making a direct crossing of a roadway in a marked or unmarked crosswalk;
(2) where no sidewalk is available;
(3) where a sidewalk is so obstructed as to prevent safe use;
(4) when so directed by a traffic control device or by a peace officer; or
(5) temporarily in order to gain access to a motor vehicle.
(d) An electric personal assistive mobility device may not be operated at any time on a roadway with a speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour except to make a direct crossing of the roadway in a marked crosswalk.
(e) An electric personal assistive mobility device may not be operated at any time while carrying more than one person.
(f) A person operating an electric personal assistive mobility device on a sidewalk must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians at all times. A person operating an electric personal assistive mobility device on a bicycle path must yield the right-of-way to bicycles at all times.