• (3) Where bicycle lanes are not provided on a highway or where the operation of electric kick-scooters in bicycle lanes is prohibited by municipal by-law, an electric kick-scooter shall only be operated,
• (a) if there is a shoulder on the highway, on the shoulder as close to the right edge of the shoulder as possible; or
• (b) if there is no shoulder on the highway, on the right side of the roadway as close to the edge of the roadway as possible. Application of the Act
• 6. (1) Parts II, IV, VI and X.3, sections 179 and 199 and subsection 214
• (2) of the Act do not apply to the operation of an electric kick-scooter or to a person who operates an electric kick-scooter. (2) Sections 140 and 144 of the Act apply to an electric kick-scooter as if the electric kick-scooter were a bicycle.
• (3) When an electric kick-scooter is being operated on a sidewalk, trail, path or walkway or in a public park or exhibition ground, the provisions of the Act, other than the Parts and sections listed in subsection (1), apply to the operation of the electric kick-scooter and to the operator of the electric kick-scooter as if the electric kick-scooter were a bicycle and the operator a cyclist.
• (4) When an electric kick-scooter is being operated on a roadway or on the shoulder of a highway, the provisions of the Act, other than the Parts and sections listed in subsection (1) or the provisions listed in subsection (2), apply to the operation of the electric kick-scooter and to its operator as if the electric kick-scooter were a bicycle and the operator a cyclist.
• Safe operation
• 7. (1) The operator of an electric kick-scooter shall keep a safe distance from pedestrians and other users of the roadway, shoulder, sidewalk, trail, path, walkway, public park or exhibition ground at all times and shall give way to a pedestrian or bicycle by slowing or stopping, as necessary, where there is insufficient space for the pedestrian or bicycle and the electric kick-scooter to pass.
• (2) An electric kick-scooter shall not be operated on a sidewalk, trail, path or walkway or in a public park or exhibition ground at a speed that is markedly greater than the speed of the pedestrians who are proximate to the electric kick-scooter.
• (3) Every electric kick-scooter shall be equipped with a bell or horn which shall be kept in good working order and sounded whenever it is reasonably necessary to notify cyclists, pedestrians or others of its approach.
• (4) When operated at any time from one-half hour before sunset to one-half hour after sunrise and at any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavourable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles are not clearly discernible at a distance of 150 metres or less, every electric kick-scooter shall carry a lighted lamp displaying a white or amber light at the front and a lighted lamp displaying a red light at the rear.
• (5) The lamps referred to in subsection (4) may be attached to the electric kick-scooter or may be carried or worn by the operator on his or her person.
• (6) An electric kick-scooter shall not be operated in such a manner that it may harm, injure or damage, either directly or indirectly, any person or property.
• General rules re operation
• 8. (1) No person under the age of 16 years shall operate an electric kick-scooter.
• (2) No person operating an electric kick-scooter shall carry any other person thereon.
• (3) No person operating an electric kick-scooter shall tow another person, vehicle or device.
• (4) No person operating an electric kick-scooter shall attach himself or herself to another electric kick-scooter, vehicle or device for the purpose of being drawn or towed.
• (5) No person operating an electric kick-scooter shall operate it in any position other than while standing at all times.
• (6) No cargo may be carried on an electric kick-scooter.
• (7) No person operating an electric kick-scooter shall leave it in a location that is intended for the passage of vehicles or pedestrians.
• Equipment
• 9. (1) An electric kick-scooter shall have one or more electric batteries that are the sole source of power to the motor.
• (2) An electric kick-scooter shall not have,
• (a) a seat, surface or structure that could be used as a seat;
• (b) pedals attached to it;
• (c) a basket attached to it;
• (d) wheels with a diameter of more than 430 millimetres; or