# Idaho Code § 49-605: 49-605 DRIVING UPON SIDEWALK

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C6_S49-605

## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 49-605
- **Heading:** 49-605 DRIVING UPON SIDEWALK
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 49 / Chapter 6 / Section 49-605

## Text

49-605. Driving upon sidewalk. No person shall drive any vehicle upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except upon a permanent or temporary driveway. This section shall not apply to any vehicle moved exclusively by human power, a personal delivery device, an electric personal assistive mobility device, nor to any motorized wheelchair. For the purposes of assuring the safety of pedestrians and others using sidewalks, a political subdivision having jurisdiction over sidewalks may, by ordinance or by traffic control device, regulate the time, place and manner of the operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices.

History:

[49-605, added 1988, ch. 265, sec. 144, p. 656; am. 2002, ch. 160, sec. 4, p. 473; am. 2017, ch. 147, sec. 3, p. 363.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 49-601 49-601 APPLICATION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C6_S49-601.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-602 49-602 UNATTENDED MOTOR VEHICLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C6_S49-602.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-603 49-603 STARTING PARKED VEHICLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C6_S49-603.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-604 49-604 LIMITATIONS ON BACKING.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C6_S49-604.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-605 49-605 DRIVING UPON SIDEWALK.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C6_S49-605.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-606 49-606 COASTING PROHIBITED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C6_S49-606.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-607 49-607 OPENING AND CLOSING VEHICLE DOORS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C6_S49-607.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-608 49-608 RIDING IN MANUFACTURED HOMES OR COMMERCIAL COACHES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C6_S49-608.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-609 49-609 PERSONS RIDING ANIMALS OR DRIVING ANIMAL-DRAWN VEHICLES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C6_S49-609.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-612 49-612 OBSTRUCTION TO DRIVER'S VIEW OR DRIVING MECHANISM.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C6_S49-612.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-613 49-613 PUTTING GLASS OR OTHER INJURIOUS MATERIALS ON HIGHWAY PROHIBITED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C6_S49-613.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-614 49-614 STOP WHEN TRAFFIC OBSTRUCTED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C6_S49-614.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-615 49-615 DRIVERS TO EXERCISE DUE CARE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C6_S49-615.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-616 49-616 DRIVING THROUGH SAFETY ZONE PROHIBITED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C6_S49-616.md)

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