2025 Georgia Codes – Page 349

(a) Electric personal assistive mobility devices and personal delivery devices may be operated on highways
and on sidewalks where a 48 inch clear path is maintained for access for persons with disabilities, provided
that any person operating such devices shall have the same rights and duties as prescribed for pedestrians in
Article 5 of this chapter when operating upon a sidewalk and as prescribed for motor vehicles in this chapter
when operating upon a highway except as otherwise provided in this part to the contrary. When either an
electric personal assistive mobility device or personal delivery device encounters a pedestrian or individual
in a wheelchair upon a sidewalk, the operator of such device shall yield the right of way to the pedestrian or
individual in a wheelchair.
(b)(1) No person shall operate any electric personal assistive mobility device on the roadway of any highway
unless:
(A) The maximum speed limit of the roadway is 35 miles per hour or less; or
(B) The roadway has a separately striped bicycle lane and the device is operated within the bicycle lane.
(2) Operation of a personal delivery device upon any highway shall be with due regard to safety and traffic
considerations and limited to:
(A) Highways which are not limited-access highways with a maximum speed limit of 45 miles per hour or
less; and
(B) The bicycle lane, bicycle path, shared use path, shoulder, or as close as practicable to the extreme right
of the roadway unless crossing a roadway at a crosswalk or intersection or avoiding an object or a parked
vehicle.
(c) When traveling on any roadway of a highway other than a crosswalk, a person operating an electric per-
sonal assistive mobility device or a personal delivery device shall travel in the same direction authorized for
motor vehicle traffic on such roadway.

Any person operating an electric personal assistive mobility device or a personal delivery device on a side-
walk or roadway shall comply with the requirements of this part or any local ordinance regulating the use
of such devices pursuant to Code Section 40-6-371 and shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with, and
shall yield the right of way to, persons traveling on foot. A personal delivery device shall emit a sound when
approaching and within six feet of a vehicle, person on foot, or individual in a wheelchair.