Privately owned e-scooters legal to buy, illegal to ride as Victoria Police enforces safety blitz

 When Melbourne resident Andy Cox decided to sell his car, he was planning to use an e-scooter to get around. But he didn't know riding it on Victorian roads was illegal. 

E-scooter trials kicked off in February in the City of Melbourne, the City of Yarra, the City of Port Phillip, and in Ballarat. But outside the trials, e-scooters mostly remain illegal to ride on roads and can only be used on private property.

"We wanted to get rid of the second family car," Mr Cox said. 

"We didn't want to be adding to the problem, we kept one with the car seats for the two kids so we could be a one-car household."

Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-06/escooter-illegal-to-ride-victoria-police-safety-blitz/101498938



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