§ 9-21-11-13.6 — Electric foot scooter; rights and duties; operation; equipment; parking

Indiana § 9-21-11-13.6

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 9: MOTOR VEHICLES
• Art. 21: TRAFFIC REGULATION
• Ch. 11: Bicycles, Motorized Bicycles, and Electric Foot

Text

6. (a) A person operating an electric foot
scooter has all the rights and duties under this chapter that are
applicable to a person riding a bicycle, except the following:
(1) Special regulations of this chapter.
(2) Those provisions of this chapter that by their nature have no
application, including section 3 of this chapter.
(b) An electric foot scooter operated on a highway from one-half
(1/2) hour after sunset until one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise must be
equipped with the following:
(1) A lamp on the front exhibiting a white light visible from a
distance of at least five hundred (500) feet to the front.
(2) A lamp on the rear exhibiting a red light visible from a
distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear or a red reflector
visible from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the rear.
(c) An electric foot scooter must be equipped with a brake that will
enable the person who operates the electric foot scooter to make the
braked wheels skid on dry, level, clean pavement.
(d) Except as provided in subsection (e), an electric foot scooter
may be parked on a sidewalk in a way that does not impede the normal
or reasonable movement of pedestrians or vehicle traffic.
(e) A local authority may prohibit the parking of an electric foot
scooter on a sidewalk if the local authority provides an adequate
alternative parking location in a public right-of-way that is proximate
to the prohibited area.
(f) Subject to any ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted by a local
authority to the contrary, an electric foot scooter may be operated
where a bicycle may be operated.
(g) Notwithstanding any other law or provision, an electric foot
scooter may not be operated on an interstate highway.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.142-2019, SEC.8.