{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-42-4-109.5","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 42-4-109.5","heading":"Low-speed electric vehicles.","body":"(1) (a) A low-speed electric vehicle may be operated only on a roadway that has a speed limit equal to or less than thirty-five miles per hour; except that it may be operated to directly cross a roadway that has a speed limit greater than thirty-five miles per hour at an at-grade crossing to continue traveling along a roadway with a speed limit equal to or less than thirty-five miles per hour.\n\n(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), a low-speed electric vehicle may be operated on a state highway that has a speed limit equal to forty miles per hour or cross a roadway with a speed limit equal to forty miles per hour to cross at-grade, if:\n\n(I) Such roadway's lane width is eleven feet or greater;\n\n(II) Such roadway provides two or more lanes in either direction; and\n\n(III) The department determines, in consultation with local government and law enforcement, upon the basis of a traffic investigation, survey, appropriate design standards, or projected volumes, that the operation of a low-speed electric vehicle on the roadway poses no substantial safety risk or hazard to motorists, bicyclists, pedestrians, or other persons.\n\n(c) The department may waive the necessity of a traffic investigation or survey pursuant to section 42-4-1102 or may conduct a traffic investigation or survey to determine where low-speed electric vehicles can be driven safely on state highways or portions thereof. The department shall conduct this traffic investigation or survey using existing appropriations.\n\n(2) No person shall operate a low-speed electric vehicle on a limited-access highway.\n\n(3) Any person who violates subsection (1) or (2) of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.\n\n(4) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (SB 09-075), ch. 418, p. 2321, § 5, effective August 5, 2009.)\n\n(5) The Colorado department of transportation may regulate the operation of a low-speed electric vehicle on a state highway located outside of a municipality. The regulation shall take effect when the Colorado department of transportation places an appropriate sign that provides adequate notice of the regulation.","path":["Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","Article 4 - Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic","Part 1 - TRAFFIC REGULATION - GENERALLY"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-42.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"57e76b74f23542a4313b76494d1d32313084c3cd2c79e5b55e32ff0d96d9eec4","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-42-4-109","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-42-4-109.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}