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262D Riding electric scooters on certain roads
Rule 262D(1) amended by S.R. Nos 22/2023 rule 8, 101/2024 rule 7.
(1) A rider of an electric scooter must not ride the electric scooter on a road on which the speed-limit is greater than 60 kilometres per hour.
(2) Subrule (1) does not apply to a rider of an electric scooter if the rider—
(c) is not prohibited, under these Rules, from crossing the road on an electric scooter.
(3) In this rule, road does not include a road related area, but includes any shoulder of the road.
Road related area is defined in rule 13. Shoulder is defined in rule 12.
Rule 262E inserted by S.R. No. 135/2021 rule 91.