{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-175.5","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-175.5","heading":"Use of motorized wheelchairs or similar vehicles not exceeding 1000 pounds gross weight.","body":"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. (1991, c. 206, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 20. Motor Vehicles.","Article 3. Motor Vehicle Act of 1937.","Part 11B. Pedestrian Rights and Duties of Persons with a Mobility Impairment."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_20/GS_20-175.5.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:58:08Z","sha256":"87edebd4093ee46f7ac74ec5f5a1824845172cc6b99411b1cf8ecffc3c747e34","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-175.4","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-20-175.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}