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Statutes > Washington > Title-46 > 46-61 > 46-61-730Wheelchair 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.
