§ 31-18-20.1 - Operation of wheelchairs – Lamps and other equipment required.
SECTION 31-18-20.1
§ 31-18-20.1 Operation of wheelchairs– Lamps and other equipment required. – (a) Any wheelchair, motorized or manual, operating upon roadways, when in useat nighttime, shall be equipped with: a lamp on the front which shall emit awhite light visible from a distance of at least five hundred (500') feet to thefront.
(b) Every wheelchair shall be equipped with a red reflectorof a type approved by the division of motor vehicles which shall be visiblefrom six hundred (600') feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful lowerbeams of head lamps on a motor vehicle.
(c) Side Reflectors. Every wheelchair operating uponroadways, when in use at nighttime, shall be equipped with a minimum of twenty(20) square inches on each side of the wheelchair of white reflective materialon the wheels or tires to indicate as nearly as possible the continuouscircular shape and size of the wheels or tires of each wheelchair. Allreflective material shall be visible during the hours of darkness from fivehundred (500') feet when viewed under lawful low beam headlights under normalatmospheric conditions on straight, level, unlighted roadway, and shall meetthe requirements as prescribed by the division of motor vehicles.
(d) No person shall sell a wheelchair, new or used, that isnot equipped with side reflectors, rear reflectors and front white light asrequired by this section. Wheelchairs sold to institutions for the exclusiveuse inside facilities shall be exempt from this section, provided that noexempt wheelchair shall be used upon roadways.