Your provincial motor vehicle branch or city or county may have additional laws
regulating the use of vehicles like the
MOTORINOTM
. Some provinces or states may
require a driver's license or minimum age requirements for the
MOTORINOTM
. Some
provinces in Canada and some states in the US may classify your
MOTORINOTM
as a
Limited Speed Motorcycle or Moped. Please check with your local motor vehicle
branch or insurance company for information specific to your area.
If your province or state allows the
MOTORINOTM
to be used on vehicle roadways
please make sure you are familiar with all traffic laws such as:yielding to pedestrians
and other motorists, signaling, riding as far to the right edge of the roadway as
possible, obeying traffic signs etc.Your provincial MVB or state DOT can provide you
with materials related to these traffic laws. In addition to those traffic laws abide by
the following general principals:
1.You are sharing the road or the path with others - motorists,pedestrians and other
cyclists.
Respect their rights,and be yielding if they infringe on yours.
2.Ride defensively.
3.Look ahead of where you're going,and be ready to avoid:
- Vehicles slowing or turning in front of you, entering the road or your lane ahead of
you,or coming up behind you.
- Parked car doors opening in front of you.
- Pedestrians stepping out in front of you.
- Children or dogs playing near the road.
-Potholes, sewer gratings, railroad tracks, expansion joints, road or sidewalk
construction, debris and other obstructions that could cause you to swerve into
traffic,catch your wheel,orotherwise lose control and have an accident.
4. Ride on the right side of the road, in the same direction as vehicle traffic and as
close to the outisde edge of the road as possible.
5. Stop at stop signs and traffic lights; slow down and look both ways at street
intersections.
6. Always use signal lights or hand signals for turning and stopping. Learn the local
vehicle code for the correct signal.
7. Don't weave through traffic or make any moves that may surprise people with
whom you are sharing the road.
8.Never carry anything which obstructs your vision or your complete control of the
or which could become entangled in the moving parts of the
MOTORINOTM
9. Never hitch a ride by holding on to another vehicle.Remember that the
MOTORINOTM
will always lose in a collision with a motor vehicle,so be prepared to yield
even if you have the right of way.
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GENERAL SAFETY GUIDELINES & RESTRICTIONS
