Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Chapter 6. UNIFORM RULES OF THE ROAD · Article 13. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES · Part 2A. ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICES AND PERSONAL DELIVERY DEVICES

40-6-322. Speed of travel restricted.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

(a)
No person shall operate an electric personal assistive mobility device at a speed greater than seven miles per hour when traveling on any sidewalk or 15 miles per hour elsewhere; provided, however, that a county or municipal governing authority or the commissioner of transportation may further restrict the speed of such devices in locations where pedestrian traffic is congested and there is a significant speed differential between pedestrians and operators of such devices.#
(b)
Operation of a personal delivery device shall be limited to:#
1. (1)
  A speed of no greater than 20 miles per hour when upon a bicycle lane, shoulder, or roadway;#
2. (2)
  A speed of no greater than four miles per hour when upon a sidewalk or within a shared use path or safety zone; and#
3. (3)
  A speed of no less than 3.5 feet per second and no more than four miles per hour when within a crosswalk.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 40-6-322, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 308, § 4; Ga. L. 2022, p. 543, § 2/HB 1009.

Amendments

The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a) and added subsection (b).

Law reviews

For article, “HB 1009: Remote Operation of Personal Delivery Devices,” see 39 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 211 (2022).

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