New Hampshire Revised Statutes 265:163 – Personal Delivery Devices and Mobile Carriers
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I. A personal delivery device or mobile carrier may operate on sidewalks and crosswalks. A personal delivery device or mobile carrier operating on a sidewalk or crosswalk has all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances, except that the personal delivery device or mobile carrier shall not unreasonably interfere with pedestrians or traffic and shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians on the sidewalk or crosswalk. State and local law enforcement shall have the authority to enforce state and local traffic laws.
II. Personal delivery devices and a mobile carriers shall:
(a) Obey all official traffic and pedestrian control signals and devices.
(b) For personal delivery devices, include a plate or marker that has a unique identifying device number and identifies the name and contact information of the personal delivery device operator.
(c) Be equipped with a braking system that, when active or engaged, enables the personal delivery device or mobile carrier to come to a controlled stop.
III. Mobile carriers shall not:
(a) Operate on a roadway except to the extent necessary to cross a crosswalk.
(b) Operate on a sidewalk or crosswalk unless the mobile carrier owner remains within 25 feet of the mobile carrier.
(c) Transport hazardous materials that are regulated under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Authorization Act of 1994 and must be placarded under 49 C.F.R. § 172.500 through 172.560.
(d) Transport persons or animals.
IV. Personal delivery devices shall not:
(a) Operate at speeds in excess of 10 miles per hour on sidewalks;
(b) Operate at speeds in excess of 20 miles per hour on roadways;
(c) Operate unless the navigation and operation is being monitored or controlled by an operator;
(d) Transport hazardous materials that are regulated under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Authorization Act of 1994 and must be placarded under 49 C.F.R. § 172.500 through 172.560.
V. A local authority may not ban the operation of a personal delivery device but may reasonably restrict the operation of a personal delivery device on a roadway or in a pedestrian area in a manner consistent with this subdivision following an opportunity for input from stakeholders.
VI. A person who owns and operates a personal delivery device in this state shall maintain an insurance policy, on behalf of himself or herself and his or her agents, which provides general liability coverage of at least $100,000 for damages arising from the combined operations of personal delivery devices under the entity’s or agent’s control.
II. Personal delivery devices and a mobile carriers shall:
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 265:163
- Crosswalk: shall mean that part of a highway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs, or in the absence of curbs from the edges of the traversable highway or any portion of a highway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:17
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- Hazardous materials: shall mean hazardous materials as defined in N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:40
- Mobile carrier: means an electrically powered device that:
I. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:56-a - Owner: shall mean :
I. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:72 - Person: shall mean the same as provided in N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:74
- Personal delivery device: means an electrically powered device that:
I. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:75-a - Right-of-way: shall mean the right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under such circumstances of direction, speed or proximity as to give rise to the danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the other. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:91
- roadway: means that portion of a way improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, including the berm or shoulder where such berm or shoulder is used by persons riding bicycles or other human powered vehicles. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:75-b
- State: shall mean :
I. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:106 - Traffic: shall mean pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars, and other conveyances either singly or together while using any way for purposes of travel. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:110
(a) Obey all official traffic and pedestrian control signals and devices.
(b) For personal delivery devices, include a plate or marker that has a unique identifying device number and identifies the name and contact information of the personal delivery device operator.
(c) Be equipped with a braking system that, when active or engaged, enables the personal delivery device or mobile carrier to come to a controlled stop.
III. Mobile carriers shall not:
(a) Operate on a roadway except to the extent necessary to cross a crosswalk.
(b) Operate on a sidewalk or crosswalk unless the mobile carrier owner remains within 25 feet of the mobile carrier.
(c) Transport hazardous materials that are regulated under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Authorization Act of 1994 and must be placarded under 49 C.F.R. § 172.500 through 172.560.
(d) Transport persons or animals.
IV. Personal delivery devices shall not:
(a) Operate at speeds in excess of 10 miles per hour on sidewalks;
(b) Operate at speeds in excess of 20 miles per hour on roadways;
(c) Operate unless the navigation and operation is being monitored or controlled by an operator;
(d) Transport hazardous materials that are regulated under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Authorization Act of 1994 and must be placarded under 49 C.F.R. § 172.500 through 172.560.
V. A local authority may not ban the operation of a personal delivery device but may reasonably restrict the operation of a personal delivery device on a roadway or in a pedestrian area in a manner consistent with this subdivision following an opportunity for input from stakeholders.
VI. A person who owns and operates a personal delivery device in this state shall maintain an insurance policy, on behalf of himself or herself and his or her agents, which provides general liability coverage of at least $100,000 for damages arising from the combined operations of personal delivery devices under the entity’s or agent’s control.