304NOperation of portable devices on bicycles and electric scooters and in vehicles that are not motor vehicles

304N Operation of portable devices on bicycles and electric scooters and in vehicles that are not motor vehicles

(1) The rider of a bicycle or an electric scooter, or the driver of a vehicle that is not a motor vehicle, must not, while the vehicle is moving, or is stationary but not parked—

(a) touch a portable device; or

(b) otherwise operate a portable device—

(i) while the display of the device is visible to the rider or driver from the normal riding or driving position; or

(ii) in a way that is likely to distract another driver.

3 For the meaning of touching, in relation to a device, see rule 304E(2). For the meaning of display, see rule 304D.

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, must not have a portable device resting on any of the following—

(a) the rider's or the driver's body;

(b) clothes worn by the rider or the driver;

(c) an item in the rider's or the driver's lap—

while the bicycle, the electric scooter or the vehicle that is not a motor vehicle is moving, or is stationary but not parked.

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

3 See rule 304G in relation to permitted device interactions.

(3) Subrule (2) does not apply if the rider or the driver is keeping the device—

(a) in the rider's or the driver's pocket; or

(b) in a pouch attached to the rider's or the driver's clothing.

Division 4—Operation of devices in relation to wheeled recreational devices and electric personal transporters

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

304O Operation of inbuilt devices, mounted devices and motor bike helmet devices in or on wheeled recreational devices and electric personal transporters

(1) Subject to subrule (2), a person travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or an electric personal transporter must not operate an inbuilt device, a mounted device or a motor bike helmet device while the wheeled recreational device or the electric personal transporter is moving, or is stationary but not parked.

1 Inbuilt device, motor bike helmet device and are defined in rule 304A.