Laws

Each person riding a bicycle, electric bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric skateboard, or moped or operating a low-speed vehicle or commercial quadricycle upon a roadway has all of the rights and is subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle.

Multiple Riders

A bicycle shall not be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped. MCL 257.658(2)

Go-Peds: A go-ped is motorized vehicle ridden standing up that looks like an old-style, non-motorized scooter. Under Michigan law, a go-ped fits the definition of a moped, due to the motor. Therefore, all of the laws pertaining to mopeds pertain to go-peds. Specific legal requirements include:

· Certain required equipment (i.e., helmet, etc.)

· Required operation on the street (A go-ped is strictly prohibited from being ridden on a sidewalk or bike path.)

· A valid drivers’ license or be 15 years old and have a special moped license and be registered with the secretary of state (The Secretary of State will not register go-peds because they do not have the legally required equipment. Therefore, go-ped operators have no choice but to confine their go-pedding to private property.)

Motorboat Operation by a Minor Children under 12 can’t operate a motorboat unless the motor is no greater than 35 horsepower and they are under the direct supervision of a person 16 years old or older. Children ages 12 to 15 can operate a motorboat if either of these apply:

· He/she is accompanied by at least 1 person 16 years of age or older.

· He/she is in possession of a boating safety certificate issued after he/she has satisfactorily completed an approved boating safety course.