In one paragraph
Idaho's H 528 (2022) updates the rules for personal delivery devices, the sidewalk delivery robots defined as devices equipped with technology that lets them operate with or without the active control or monitoring of a person. A device may not operate on a sidewalk or crosswalk unless its operator, the entity or agent with direct physical control or monitoring of its navigation and operation, is actively controlling or monitoring it. The act raises the weight limit to under 550 pounds excluding cargo and caps sidewalk speed at 10 mph. Effective July 1, 2022.
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What it means for business
Delivery-robot companies in Idaho must keep a human actively monitoring or controlling each device whenever it is on a sidewalk or crosswalk.
Key provisions
- Idaho Code 40-2305(8): no personal delivery device may operate on a sidewalk or crosswalk unless the operator is actively controlling or monitoring its navigation and operation
- Idaho Code 49-117: a personal delivery device is equipped with technology allowing operation with or without the active control or monitoring of a natural person, weighs under 550 pounds excluding cargo and operates at no more than 10 mph on sidewalks
- The operator is an entity or its agent exercising direct physical control or monitoring over the device's navigation system and operation
- Personal delivery devices are not vehicles or motor vehicles unless the law says so
- Effective July 1, 2022 (emergency clause)
Latest legislative action
Mar 21, 2022. Signed by Governor on March 21, 2022; Session Law Chapter 98
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