Texas Transportation Code

§ 551.202 — OPERATION ON ROADWAY

TN § 551.202Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part C. RULES OF THE ROAD · Ch. 551. OPERATION OF BICYCLES AND MOPEDS, GOLF CARTS, AND OTHER LOW-POWERED VEHICLES · Art. C. ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICES

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(a)A person may operate an electric personal assistive mobility device on a residential street, roadway, or public highway with a speed limit of 30 miles per hour or less only:

(1)while making a direct crossing of a highway in a marked or unmarked crosswalk;

(2)where no sidewalk is available; or

(3)when so directed by a traffic control device or by a law enforcement officer.

(b)A person may operate an electric personal assistive mobility device on a path set aside for the exclusive operation of bicycles.

(c)Any person operating an electric personal assistive mobility device on a residential street, roadway, or public highway shall ride as close as practicable to the right-hand edge.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1318, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.