While a person with a mobility impairment as defined in G.S. 20-37.5 operates a motorized wheelchair or similar vehicle not exceeding 1000 pounds gross weight in order to provide that person with the mobility of a pedestrian, that person is subject to all the laws, ordinances, regulations, rights and responsibilities which would otherwise apply to a pedestrian, but is not subject to Part 10 of this Article or any other law, ordinance or regulation otherwise applicable to motor vehicles.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-175.5
Use of motorized wheelchairs or similar vehicles not exceeding 1000 pounds gross weight
Known as the Child Bicycle Safety Act
The act spans §§ 20–20 (324 sections).
1991, c. 206, s. 1.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.