Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 46 Motor Vehicles - Section 46.61.730 Wheelchair conveyances

§ 46.61.730. Wheelchair conveyances

(1) No person may operate a wheelchair conveyance on any public roadway with a posted speed limit in excess of thirty-five miles per hour.

(2) No person other than a wheelchair-bound person may operate a wheelchair conveyance on a public roadway.

(3) Every wheelchair-bound person operating a wheelchair conveyance upon a roadway is granted all the rights and is subject to all the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter, except those provisions that by their nature can have no application.

(4) A violation of this section is a traffic infraction.

[1983 c 200 § 5.]

Notes:
     Severability -- 1983 c 200: See note following RCW 46.04.710.

Wheelchair conveyances
   definitions: RCW 46.04.710.
   licensing: RCW 46.16.640.
   operator's license: RCW 46.20.109.
   safety standards: RCW 46.37.610. Sections:  Previous  46.61.6885  46.61.690  46.61.700  46.61.710  46.61.720  46.61.723  46.61.725  46.61.730  46.61.735  46.61.740  46.61.750  46.61.755  46.61.758  46.61.760  46.61.765  Next

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