Laws in GA

[Tanner]

Hi,

From what I can find a segway is able to ride on sidewalks, permitted on roads up to 35mph, people less than 16 years of age must year a helmet, minimuin age is 16 on highways, and pedestrian laws do apply.

Can someone confirm this?

-Tanner

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Tanner S.

[JohnM]

quote:Originally posted by Tanner

Hi,

From what I can find a segway is able to ride on sidewalks, permitted on roads up to 35mph, people less than 16 years of age must year a helmet, minimuin age is 16 on highways, and pedestrian laws do apply.

Can someone confirm this?

-Tanner
Know the law. Go to the source. Read the Unannotated Georgia Code, Title 40, Chapter 6, Sections 320 thru 327. Its all out there.


JohnM
Anything worth doing for 2 hours is 10 times more worthwhile if done for 20 hours.
RUSA #235

[Tanner]

quote:Originally posted by JohnM

quote:Originally posted by Tanner

Hi,

From what I can find a segway is able to ride on sidewalks, permitted on roads up to 35mph, people less than 16 years of age must year a helmet, minimuin age is 16 on highways, and pedestrian laws do apply.

Can someone confirm this?

-Tanner
Know the law. Go to the source. Read the Unannotated Georgia Code, Title 40, Chapter 6, Sections 320 thru 327. Its all out there.


JohnM
Anything worth doing for 2 hours is 10 times more worthwhile if done for 20 hours.
RUSA #235


Thank-you.

-Tanner

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Tanner S.

[sholloway]

Tanner, The way you read it is the way I read it. Except for the age on highways, you can't go on highways.

[Tanner]

quote:Originally posted by sholloway

Tanner, The way you read it is the way I read it. Except for the age on highways, you can't go on highways.


Hi Sholloway. Thanks. I'm not even sure I would go on a highway, unless I'm thinking of the wrong highway.

-Tanner

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Tanner S.

[JohnM]

Unannotated Georgia Codequote:
40-6-320.
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
(c) 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.

40-6-325.
(a) Any electric personal assistive mobility device, when operated on any highway or sidewalk, shall be equipped with front, rear, and side reflectors which shall be visible from a distance of 300 feet when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlights on a motor vehicle; a system that when employed will enable the operator to bring the device to a controlled stop; and, if the device is operated between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise, a lamp emitting a white light which, while the device is in motion, illuminates the area in front of the operator for a distance of 300 feet.
(b) No person under the age of 16 years shall operate an electric assistive personal mobility device on any highway; provided, however, that a person under the age of 16 years may operate an electric assistive personal mobility device on any sidewalk if such person is wearing protective headgear which meets or exceeds the impact standards for bicycle helmets required by Code S
ection 40-6-296.


JohnM
Anything worth doing for 2 hours is 10 times more worthwhile if done for 20 hours.
RUSA #235

[amturnip]

quote:Originally posted by JohnM

(a) Electric personal assistive mobility devices may be operated on highways...

Lawmakers use the word "highway" in a broad sense that's older than automobiles. The vernacular leads us astray with its connotations of 60 MPH and cloverleaf intersections.

[JohnM]

Again, know the law. Go to the source.

Unannotated Georgia Codequote:
40-1-1
As used in this title, the term:
(19) 'Highway' means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
(53) 'Roadway' means that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder.
In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways, the term 'roadway' shall refer to any such roadway separately, but not to all such roadways collectively.
(57) 'Sidewalk' means that portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a railway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for use by pedestrians.
JohnM
Anything worth doing for 2 hours is 10 times more worthwhile if done for 20 hours.
RUSA #235