304MOperation of wearable devices on bicycles and electric scooters and in vehicles that are not motor vehicles

304M Operation of wearable devices on bicycles and electric scooters and in vehicles that are not motor vehicles

(1) Subject to subrule (2), the rider of a bicycle or an electric scooter, or the driver of a vehicle that is not a motor vehicle, must not operate a wearable device while the vehicle is moving, or is stationary but not parked.

2 Wearable device is defined in rule 304A.

4 Rule 304F(2) deals with how stopped bicycles, electric scooters and vehicles that are not motor vehicles are stationary but not parked.

(2) The rider of a bicycle or an electric scooter, or the driver of a vehicle that is not a motor vehicle, may operate a wearable device while the vehicle is moving, or is stationary but not parked, if the operation of the device—

(a) does not involve the rider or the driver (as the case may be) touching the device (other than by incidental physical contact with the device that is caused by the rider or the driver wearing the device); and

The operation of the device using voice controls to make a telephone call.

Rule 304N inserted by S.R. No. 7/2023 rule 16.