What's New

^{Monday 14 July 2025}

Street legal – e-scooters can now be ridden on SA roads

Privately owned e-scooters and other personal mobility devices can now be used on South Australian roads and footpaths.

As of 13 July, devices may be ridden without a driver’s licence, registration or insurance.

It is a criminal offence to:

• ride a personal mobility device more than 25 km/h on a road or bicycle path
• ride a personal mobility device more than 10 km/h on a footpath, shared path, beach or when crossing a road
• ride a personal mobility device on a road with a speed limit of over 50 km/h, unless the device is an e-scooter ridden in the bicycle lane of a road that is limited to 60 km/h, or there is an obstruction on the footpath or bicycle path or lane necessitating brief contact with the road, or the rider is using the device to cross the road by the shortest safe route
• carry a second person on a personal mobility device
• ride a personal mobility device on a road or road-related area if under the age of 16
• permit a person under the age of 16 to ride or be carried on a personal mobility device
• use a personal mobility device to tow another vehicle.

To learn more about  the new rules, visit our Law Handbook page on electric scooters and other personal mobility devices or the South Australian Government's My Licence website.

Media contact: Simon Halliwell – 0421 611 856