A. “Motorized foot scooter” means a device with no more than two ten-inch or smaller diameter wheels that has handlebars, is designed to be stood upon but may have a seat, and is powered by an internal combustion engine or electric motor that is capable of propelling the device with or without human propulsion. A motor-driven cycle, mini motor cycle, moped, an electric-assisted bicycle, or a motorcycle is not a motorized foot scooter.

B. “To operate in a negligent manner,” means the operation of a motorized foot scooter in such a manner as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property, including the operator. For the purposes of this section, "negligent" means the failure to exercise ordinary care, and is the doing of some

A. “Motorized foot scooter” means a device with no more than two ten-inch or smaller diameter wheels that has handlebars, is designed to be stood upon but may have a seat, and is powered by an internal combustion engine or electric motor that is capable of propelling the device with or without human propulsion. A motor-driven cycle, mini motor cycle, moped, an electric-assisted bicycle, or a motorcycle is not a motorized foot scooter.

B. “To operate in a negligent manner,” means the operation of a motorized foot scooter in such a manner as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property, including the operator. For the purposes of this section, "negligent" means the failure to exercise ordinary care, and is the doing of some act that a reasonably careful person would not do under the same or similar circumstances or the failure to do something that a reasonably careful person would do under the same or similar circumstances. Examples of operating in a negligent manner include, but are not limited to, failure to obey all traffic control devices, failure to yield-of-way to pedestrians or vehicles, or failure to obey any other rule of the road for vehicles in chapter 46.61 RCW as adopted in the Model Traffic Ordinance (chapter 10.04 AMC).

C. “Helmet” means a protective covering for the head consisting of a hard outer shell, padding adjacent to and inside the outer shell, and a neck or chin strap type retention system, with a label as required by the Federal Consumer Products Safety Commission and as adopted by the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) at 16 C.F.R. 1203, or such subsequently nationally recognized standard for bicycle helmet performance as the city council may adopt.