RCW 46.61.730

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(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 s 5 .]

Notes:

Severability — 1983 c 200: See note following RCW 46.04.710 .

Wheelchair conveyances

definitions: RCW 46.04.710 .

operator's license: RCW 46.20.109 .

registration: RCW 46.16A.405 (3).

safety standards: RCW 46.37.610 .