The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
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USE OF ROADWAY
(Cite as: 23 V.S.A. § 1043)
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§ 1043. Operation of neighborhood electric vehicles
(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the operator of a neighborhood
electric vehicle may not operate the vehicle on a highway with a speed limit in excess
of 35 miles per hour.
(b) The Traffic Committee for State highways or the legislative body of a municipality
for town highways may prohibit the use of neighborhood electric vehicles on highways
under their jurisdiction when deemed to be in the interest of public safety.
(c)(1) The operator of a neighborhood electric vehicle may cross a highway that has a speed
limit of 50 miles per hour or less if the crossing begins and ends on a highway authorized
for use by these vehicles and there is an intersection that is controlled by traffic
control signals.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the Traffic Committee or the legislative
body of a municipality may prohibit the operator of a neighborhood electric vehicle
from traversing an intersection under their respective jurisdictions when the prohibition
is deemed to be in the best interests of public safety. A prohibition shall become
effective when appropriate signs giving notice are erected at the crossing.
(d) [Repealed.] (Added 2003, No. 8, § 3; amended 2013, No. 89, § 23; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 176.)