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RCWs > Title 46 > Chapter 46.61 > Section 46.61.730

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46.61.725 << 46.61.730 >> 46.61.735

RCW 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.
   operator's license: RCW 46.20.109.
   registration: RCW 46.16A.405(3).
   safety standards: RCW 46.37.610.