{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-18-20","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-18-20","heading":"Wheelchairs — Rights and duties.","body":"(a) Every person operating a wheelchair upon a sidewalk or roadway shall be granted all the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to a pedestrian.\n(b) Every person riding a motorized wheelchair on a bicycle lane, trail or path shall be granted all the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to the driver of a bicycle operating on a bicycle lane trail or path except: (1) when those rights or duties, by their very nature, can have no application; or (2) as otherwise specifically provided under chapters 1 — 27 of this title.","path":["Title 31 Motor and Other Vehicles","Chapter 18 Pedestrians"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE31/31-18/31-18-20.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:21Z","sha256":"c95bd83f07d590db2cc4ac93f8b1a3b654997a7bf2ef7d0b617b6638234bf6f7","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-18-19","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-31-18-20.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}