{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-2-3070","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 56-2-3070","heading":"Moped operation.","body":"(A) A person may not ride upon a moped other than upon or astride a permanent and regular seat attached to the moped. A moped may not be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped by the manufacturer to carry.\n(B) A moped, while traveling along a multilane highway, must be operated in the farthest right lane except when making a left turn or when travel in the farthest right lane is unsafe.\n(C) A person under the age of twenty-one may not operate or ride upon a moped unless he wears a protective helmet identical to underage motorcycle helmet requirements provided in Section 56-5-3660.\n(D) A person may not operate a moped at a speed in excess of thirty-five miles per hour.\n(E) A person may not operate a moped on a public highway that has a speed limit of greater than fifty-five miles per hour. A person operating a moped may cross an intersection at a public highway that has a speed limit of greater than fifty-five miles per hour.\n(F) The operator of a moped must have turned on and in operation the operational lights and the headlight at all times while the moped is in operation.\n(G) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.","path":["Title 56 - MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 2 Specialized Vehicles","ARTICLE 3 Mopeds"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t56c002.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:52:24Z","sha256":"eefaf87913a24a72f43dd8bb3b987cbc152f146dc3491d9d5d5e81d48db552aa","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-2-3060","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-2-3080"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}