2025 Georgia Codes – Page 350

(a) No person shall operate an electric personal assistive mobility device at a speed greater than seven miles
per hour when traveling on any sidewalk or 15 miles per hour elsewhere; provided, however, that a county
or municipal governing authority or the commissioner of transportation may further restrict the speed of
such devices in locations where pedestrian traffic is congested and there is a significant speed differential
between pedestrians and operators of such devices.
(b) Operation of a personal delivery device shall be limited to:
(1) A speed of no greater than 20 miles per hour when upon a bicycle lane, shoulder, or roadway;
(2) A speed of no greater than four miles per hour when upon a sidewalk or within a shared use path or
safety zone; and
(3) A speed of no less than 3.5 feet per second and no more than four miles per hour when within a cross-
walk.

(a) An electric personal assistive mobility device or a personal delivery device may be parked on a sidewalk
unless otherwise prohibited or restricted by an official traffic control device or local ordinance; provided,
however, that in no case shall an electric personal assistive mobility device be parked on any sidewalk in
such a manner as to prevent the movement of a wheelchair.
(b) An electric personal assistive mobility device or a personal delivery device shall not be parked on any
roadway in such a manner as to prevent the movement of a legally parked motor vehicle.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, a personal delivery device operator or any person
operating an electric personal assistive mobility device shall be subject to the same parking restrictions as
provided for motor vehicles under Part 1 of Article 10 of this chapter. All violations of parking restrictions
shall be the responsibility of a personal delivery device owner or the owner of an electric personal assistive
mobility device; and, for purposes of parking restrictions, the owner of an electric personal assistive mobility
device and a personal delivery device owner shall be deemed to be in control of the device at the time of a
parking violation involving such device, and no evidence of actual control by such owner need be proven as
an element of the offense.

operation
(a)(1) Any electric personal assistive mobility device, when operated on any highway or sidewalk, shall be
equipped with :
(A) Front, rear, and side reflectors which shall be visible from a distance of 300 feet when directly in front
of lawful upper beams of headlights on a motor vehicle;
(B) A system that when employed will enable the operator to bring the device to a controlled stop; and
(C) A lamp emitting a white light which, while the device is in motion, illuminates the area in front of the
operator for a distance of 300 feet, if the device is operated between one-half hour after sunset and one-
half hour before sunrise.
(2) Any personal delivery device, when operated on any highway or sidewalk, shall be equipped with:
(A) A braking system that enables the device to come to a controlled stop;
(B) Lights upon the front and rear of the device that are visible under normal atmospheric conditions from
at least 500 feet on all sides of the device, if the device is operated between one-half hour after sunset and
one-half hour before sunrise; and
(C) A prominently displayed unique identification number and a contact phone number for the personal
delivery device owner which shall be answered by an individual located within this state at any time when
the device is in operation; provided, however, that nothing in this subparagraph shall subject a personal
delivery device to motor vehicle registration requirements of Chapter 2 of this title or any local ordinance
or regulation requiring registration of such devices.
(b) No person under the age of 16 years shall operate an electric assistive personal mobility device on any
highway; provided, however, that a person under the age of 16 years may operate an electric assistive per-
sonal mobility device on any sidewalk if such person is wearing protective headgear which meets or exceeds
the impact standards for bicycle helmets required by Code Section 40-6-296.