An Update on E-mobilty Laws | New South Wales 2022 

100% agree with the opinion that rental riders are not a good group to judge all riders on! Unfortunately the minority always ruin it for everyone else

Was noted the other day for yet another trial only involving Beam Rental scooters. This trial will be held in Armidale. Just a total waste of time and delaying tactics form a backward thinking state government. The crazy thing is that if someone was to rent a scooter and take it to the University, would it still be there for the home journey? Are there going to be enough scooters for this trial. They should be using the trial for privately owned scooters, not rentals. Privately owned scooters are looked after by the owners. Rental scooters on the other hand are hired by people who walk out of a pub and see it as a convenient way home resulting in poor behavior's and bad decisions.

Owning and renting are way different things. You don't tend to just ride for the fun of it so much when you rent. Since I bought a scooter I have done 100s of kms in just a few weeks getting around Brissy which is great to ride around with all the bike/scooter lanes everywhere.

they talk about congestion and accessibility but when a solution is literally in their face they say " I'm not in the mood " what an absolute joke, how can they call themselves democratic and representatives of their state!

The thing that annoys me is that someone can use a mountain bike or ebike, but not a scooter. Makes no sense.

If I put pedals and a seat on my E scooter does that make it legal? What is the difference between ebikes and scooters ?

This was 1 year ago, where are we at now?

Would be curious to hear how things are coming along now after a few months of Red Team government. Has there been any progress? I haven't heard anything in the news about it for ages.

We have the same issue in Adelaide. I totally agree that the data and the demographic of riders the SA government is gathering from rental scooters is not valid data. All of the issues that the public and media complain about with PEVs are addressed with privately owned personal electric vehicles. It’s criminal that councils can continue to benefit from the rental scooters companies but deny people the ability to buy and use their own. Thanks for the video! Let’s hope we get an Australia wide road policy for PEVs 🙏👍

I own an electric bike. I always have 'assistance' set to maximum, so when I'm 'pedalling' it is just for show. I am not putting any effort into the forward motion. This requirement of having pedals to make personal transportation 'legal' is ridiculous. Being able to pull a scooter out of your car boot or carrying one on the train would revolutionise everyday life. Maybe restrict the top speeds to improve safety. Have compulsory insurance?. Just my two cents.

The ebike limit needs to be 50kph. My bicycle can roll down a hill at 50. This would take a lot of cars off the road. Riders can do the speed limit and not cause issues with cars by being too slow.

The laws in QLD are still messed up though. We are in the same category as mobility scooters. 🤦‍♂ With a road marked as a 60 zone, I have to use the footpath and travel at 12 kph for my safety. While a 10 year old can legally ride on the road, because it's safer for pedestrians. I'm confused. We took bikes off the footpath, for the pedestrians safety, and made bike lanes for them, and the 1.5 m overtake rule for their (cyclists) safety. Why are we repeating this with escooters? Also bikes can travel at 60 kph while scooters are capped at 25 kph. Why? 25 kph feels so slow for experienced riders, which disincentivizes the use of a helmet. So imagine how 12 kph makes you feel. I'd like to see riders on the road with a minimum of 30 Kph (average bike speed) Also people can run faster than 25 kph and we don't make them wear a helmet for their safety in the case of a trip and fall. 🤷‍♂🤣 There will always be an idiot somewhere. RU-vid has whole channels, devoted to them behind the wheel of cars.

Is putting mirror on ebike legal in sydney?

Hi Ben, I hope NSW comes on board soon. I'm in QLD and bought a onewheel from you almost 3 years back, I have now done over 10,000 km (really!) on it just riding aroung town, ie shops, gym, fun etc. This is serious transport for me. My town in QLD started hire scooters too, a bit over a year ago. There was some backlash at first and negativity, but it seems to have settled down now and I see people riding the hire scooters all over, politely and safely. I dont know their finances but I would say from public opinion and acceptance it seems a success. Also, since the hire scooters started the amount of private scooters and electric skateboards has gone beserk, I think the scooters on every street corner has really done a lot to popularise PEVs. When I started riding my onewheel around town there was only two other people riding electric, on eSkateboards, now I see tons of people commuting in their work clothes. The other night at 8pm in Coles I saw a 50 year old Coles employee woman putting on a helmet, and pulled an eScooter out from behind the cashier machines and rode home on it. 👍

In the UK apparently it's illegal to ride an escooter that you own but you can rent one

Hey Ben, brilliant video loved every bit of it love information fantastic stuff I congratulate you on the enormous contribution you’re making into providing a pathway into commonsense decisions on legalising this incredible new sport of PEV ….“but they’re not wearing helmets” LOL of course they’re not …. they’re crazy skatepark skaters LOL hey I love the location where was that? Very impressive indeed Ben …. I enjoyed immensely the slick production shout out to the whole team at Ben Buckler Boards keep up the great work look forward to seeing you guys soon again cheers Ben have a great day Andrew⚔️

Great advice Ben thanks. One thing I don't get about growing up in Oz all my 50+ years is why does every state need their own rules n regs when it's still Australia. It's not like you drive to QLD and it's suddenly the UK or USA. Politicians just wanna glorify their position in different states and make life difficult for all of us. I'm on the verge of buying an EV ride and this is pretty much stopping me form that step. After seeing on ACA a guy in Sydney getting fined $2500 for riding his Segway scooter on the road, including his unapproved helmut, all packaged deal from JB HiFi is confusing, distressing, annoying and off putting from buying a scooter now. I'm hesitant, confused and sitting back now until NSW wakes up.

really ????? i saw electric scooter everywhere !! people ride it to Woolworth for shopping, which i think its a good idea as shopping trolley ... but illegal ? why ?

Funny thing, Domino's in NSW have ebikes, so does Aussie Post, not to mention all the old people on their buggies

Can’t wait to purchase an eskate and ride legally

im a 15 year old from nsw and worked hard for a year to buy a 2000 doller e skate. not eavin joking first day riding it to school i get pulled over by the cops and am told not to ride it. im to in love with it to sell it so now it just sits in my room. and take it on the occasional spin on the backroads😔

Mobility scooter Should be outlawed too? as they too don't comply.

Great video mate

I totally agree with you mate I hope people also take it more serious because we need this to get to places

Great video Ben :) lets hope those who are in power who are meant to help the people see this and make the right choice to help us people..... Also next video should be on a Tranzite cross country showcasing the off road possibilities ;) :D

Thanks Ben, we truly appreciate you supporting the community and raising common-sense discussions. We as a community want to do anything possible to have our freedom. The QLD premier Anastasia has done the right thing by allowing PEVs with controlled regulations. C'mon Rob there are atleast 1500 extra votes for the Liberals here otherwise we have to support Jo.

regardless of the "unregistered vehicle" or "dangerous toy" - "I should expect" doesn't "wash".. However, the idiots in parliament / Legislative assembly, seem to think pushbikes travel slower than 23km/hr... NSW should bring in registration, wait for the whingers to arc up... Obviously I sit on bothsides of several fences in all this - there are different "discussions" and solutions no doubt.. PS Adults can't ride skateboards on footpaths legally in NSW anyhow. hmmm Statistics are, the general public gets hurt (self harm usually) any time they travel faster than walking pace. NB. call them mobility device, not vehicle. Vehicles end up being regulated and registered, access devices get permitted. *One costs more.

I second many comments. Rental scooter users are not representative of private users and frankly this flawed business model has done more harm than good. In SA we’ve had the Lime & Beam type scooter trial since Feb 2019. Incredible that with 3.5 years of data all SA politicians have done is expand the trial recently to a couple more suburbs. However, it’s still illegal for private escooter owners to ride on any public land in SA. Crazy that ebikes are legal but escooters are prohibited. There’s simply no justification for the discrimination.

New South Wales is a BIG city alot of people don't wanna walk because it's tiring electric scooter is a best way to commute!

Any considerations for improving controls around electric mobility need robust consultation with ALL key stakeholders. NOT engaging the end user is crazy! History tells that by doing this, we identify the wrong risks, therefore the wrong controls, destroying any chance of industry adoption and subsequent sustainability. Create an environment that supports risk taking with a proportionate level of due diligence.

Watched your vid and agree totally. I am an older guy from Wollongong riding an ebike and love it. But….as has been stated, it’s the minority stuffing things up. I saw a father and daughter team on two ebikes riding along a beachfront cycleway at about 30 to 35kph using pedestrians as their personal slalom. This was absolute beachfront with little toddlers, families and dogs and those palookas were tearing in and out. These were the large ebikes designed to look like motor cross bikes. They were scary. I also see young kids aged about 10 to 12 riding them through our beachfront car parks at speed without a thought for anyones safety. Kids just don’t think like that. I don’t think the answer is to ban anybody from riding but we have to find a way to educate the wombats. Scooters / skateboards aren’t my go but if it can be done safely then legalise it.

Are there any electric unicycles in your area??? The new models are doing stupid 100 km/h, they need to seriously need to be registered as ebikes to limit them to 40 km/h...also keep pushing for biking inferstucture...

Hey Ben, have you been fined by the cops or approached in Sydney? Or are you in another state?? I bought an escooter and live in wollongong..hoping the cops aren't crazy down our way chasing down escooter riders:(

Australia needs smaller government and less beauracrats.

It's stupid they banned the electric scooter but they allowed electric bike? How stupid is that? Might as well banned bikes cycling. Also Australia is a big country they're soo much space that you can explore!

Hi Ben your video is riding while making a video I dont think thats a good ideal for educating people about safety.