Rhode Island § 31-18-20 § 31-18-20. Wheelchairs — Rights and duties.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 31-18-20 — § 31-18-20. Wheelchairs — Rights and duties.

Rhode Island § 31-18-20

Title 31Motor and Other vehicles

Ch. 31-18Pedestrians

This text of Rhode Island § 31-18-20 (§ 31-18-20. Wheelchairs — Rights and duties.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Rhode Island primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-18-20 (2026).

Text

§ 31-18-20. Wheelchairs — Rights and duties.

(a) Every person operating a wheelchair upon a sidewalk or roadway shall be granted all the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to a pedestrian.

(b) Every person riding a motorized wheelchair on a bicycle lane, trail or path shall be granted all the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to the driver of a bicycle operating on a bicycle lane trail or path except:

(1)when those rights or duties, by their very nature, can have no application; or (2) as otherwise specifically provided under chapters 1 — 27 of this title.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

§ 31-18-20. Wheelchairs — Rights and duties.

(a) Every person operating a wheelchair upon a sidewalk or roadway shall be granted all the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to a pedestrian.

(b) Every person riding a motorized wheelchair on a bicycle lane, trail or path shall be granted all the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to the driver of a bicycle operating on a bicycle lane trail or path except: (1) when those rights or duties, by their very nature, can have no application; or (2) as otherwise specifically provided under chapters 1 — 27 of this title.