Vehicles that can be considered motorised are subject to the normal legal requirements that apply to cars or motorbikes when ridden on roads or pavements. These may be mistaken as toys, such as hoverboards, segways or electric scooters.
Motorised vehicles include;
- hoverboards
- electric scooters
- electric bikes
- quad bikes
- go-peds
- mini-motos
- segways.
Some people may think of these items as toys, but they are vehicles and the law of riding them applies. If such vehicles are used on a road or pavement by children or young people, they may be committing a number of offences. Parents may also face prosecution for aiding and abetting, or permitting the offences.
These vehicles also can't be legally used on a pavement either. The only place they can be used is on private land, with the landowner's permission.
The normal legal requirements are tax, insurance, vehicle registration and a driving licence. Unless the vehicle and its rider have these in place, it is not legal to use a motorised vehicle on a road. Many of the motorised vehicle may also never be considered 'road legal', as they fail to meet government road vehicle standards.