304POperation of wearable devices in or on wheeled recreational devices and electric personal transporters

304P Operation of wearable 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 a wearable device while the wheeled recreational device or the electric personal transporter is moving, or is stationary but not parked.

1 Wearable device is defined in rule 304A.

2 Electric personal transporter and wheeled recreational device are defined in the dictionary.

4 Rule 304F(2) deals with how stopped wheeled recreational devices and electric personal transporters are stationary but not parked.

(2) A person travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or an electric personal transporter may operate a wearable device while the wheeled recreational device or the electric personal transporter is moving, or is stationary but not parked, if the operation of the wearable device—

(a) does not involve the person touching the wearable device (other than by incidental physical contact with it that is caused by the wearer); and

(i) to initiate, accept or reject an audio call on the wearable device;

(ii) to play or stream audio material on the wearable device;

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

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