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ROAD SAFETY ROAD RULES 2017 - REG 262D Riding electric scooters on certain roads

ROAD SAFETY ROAD RULES 2017 - REG 262D

Riding electric scooters on certain roads

Rule 262D(1) amended by S.R. No. 22/2023 rule 8.

    (1)     A rider of an electric scooter must not ride the electric scooter on a road on which the speed-limit is greater than 60 kilometres per hour.

Penalty:     3 penalty units.

    (2)     Subrule (1) does not apply to a rider of an electric scooter if the rider—

        (a)     crosses the road by the shortest safe route; and

        (b)     does not stay on the road longer than necessary to cross the road safely; and

        (c)     is not prohibited, under these Rules, from crossing the road on an electric scooter.

    (3)     In this rule, "road" does not include a road related area, but includes any shoulder of the road.

Note

Road related area is defined in rule 13. Shoulder is defined in rule 12.

Rule 262E inserted by S.R. No. 135/2021 rule 91.