5/14/20195/5/2027Amended by Chapter 428, 2019 General Session2019Motor assisted scooters -- Conflicting provisions -- Restrictions -- Penalties. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a motor assisted scooter is subject to the provisions under this chapter for a bicycle. For a person operating a motor assisted scooter, the following provisions do not apply: seating positions under Section 41-6a-1501; required lights, horns, and mirrors under Section 41-6a-1506; entitlement to full use of a lane under Subsection 41-6a-1502(1); and driver licensing requirements under Section 53-3-202. A person may operate a motor assisted scooter across a roadway in a crosswalk, except that the person may not operate the motor assisted scooter in a negligent manner in the crosswalk: so as to collide with a: pedestrian; or person operating a bicycle or vehicle or device propelled by human power; or at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the existing conditions, giving regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing. A person under eight years of age may not operate a motor assisted scooter with the motor running on any public property, highway, path, or sidewalk. A person may not operate a motor assisted scooter: in a public parking structure; on public property posted as an area prohibiting bicycles; while carrying more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed; that has been structurally or mechanically altered from the original manufacturer's design, except for an alteration by, or done at the request of, a person who rents the motor assisted scooter to lower the maximum speed for the motor assisted scooter; or at a speed of greater than 15 miles per hour or in violation of Subsection 41-6a-1115.1(3). Except where posted or prohibited by local ordinance, a motor assisted scooter is considered a nonmotorized vehicle if it is being used with the motor turned off. An owner may not authorize or knowingly permit a person under the age of 18 to operate a motor assisted scooter in violation of this section. A person who violates this section is guilty of an infraction.