2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other vehicles
Chapter 31-18 - Pedestrians
Chapter 31-18-20 - Wheelchairs – Rights and duties.
§ 31-18-20 Wheelchairs – Rights and duties. – (a) Every person operating a wheelchair upon a sidewalk or roadway shall be granted all the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to a pedestrian.
(b) Every person riding a motorized wheelchair on a bicycle lane, trail or path shall be granted all the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to the driver of a bicycle operating on a bicycle lane trail or path except: (1) when those rights or duties, by their very nature, can have no application; or (2) as otherwise specifically provided under chapters 1 – 27 of this title.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1985, ch. 116, § 2; P.L. 1996, ch. 337, § 2; P.L. 2005, ch. 64, § 4; P.L. 2005, ch. 67, § 4.)
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