Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) Subject to subrule (2), the rider of a bicycle or an electric scooter, or the driver of a vehicle that is not a motor vehicle, must not operate a wearable device while the vehicle is moving, or is stationary but not parked.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
Notes
1 Bicycle and electric scooter are defined in the dictionary.
2 "Wearable device" is defined in rule 304A.
3 For the meaning of "operating", in relation to a device, see rule 304E(1).
4 Rule 304F(2) deals with how stopped bicycles, electric scooters and vehicles that are not motor vehicles are stationary but not parked.
5 See rule 304G in relation to permitted device interactions.
(2) The rider of a bicycle or an electric scooter, or the driver of a vehicle that is not a motor vehicle, may operate a wearable device while the vehicle is moving, or is stationary but not parked, if the operation of the device—
(a) does not involve the rider or the driver (as the case may be) touching the device (other than by incidental physical contact with the device that is caused by the rider or the driver wearing the device); and
(b) is for one or more of the following purposes—
(i) to initiate, accept or reject an audio call on the device;
(ii) to play or stream audio material on the device;
(iii) to adjust volume levels for a purpose mentioned in subparagraph (i) or (ii).
Example
The operation of the device using voice controls to make a telephone call.
Note
For the meaning of "touching", in relation to a device, see rule 304E(2).
Rule 304N inserted by S.R. No. 7/2023 rule 16.