304QOperation of portable devices in or on wheeled recreational devices and electric personal transporters

304Q Operation of portable devices in or on wheeled recreational devices and electric personal transporters

(1) A person travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or an electric personal transporter must not, while the wheeled recreational device or the electric personal transporter 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 portable device is visible to the person from the normal travelling position; or

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

1 Driver is defined in rule 16. Portable device is defined in rule 304A.

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

3 For the meaning of display, see rule 304D.

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

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

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

(2) A person travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or an electric personal transporter must not have a portable device resting on any of the following—

(a) the person's body;

(b) clothes worn by the person;

(c) an item in the person's lap—

while the wheeled recreational device or the electric personal transporter is moving, or is stationary but not parked.

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

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

(3) Subrule (2) does not apply if the device is kept—

(a) in the person's pocket; or

(b) in a pouch attached to the person's clothing.