The standard speed restriction for an electric scooter on all public highways is 20 km/h, as per the Road Traffic (Electric Scooters) Regulations.

The laws also include stringent standards for illumination and brakes. It is against the law to use an electric scooter to transport more than one passenger at once.

It states that a seat shouldn't be installed on an electric scooter.

Regulations state that e-scooters must not “endanger, impede or inconvenience the driver, other road users or members of the public,” in addition to being safe and roadworthy.

The new rules were implemented in spite of Mr. Ryan's June 2022 statement before an Oireachtas Committee on Transport that a prohibition on the sale and distribution of e-scooters to those under the age of sixteen would be an “unenforceable provision.”

“It would be a false promise and bad policy for us to pursue supposed safety measures that did not actually enhance or improve safety,” he stated.

Starting Monday, a public education campaign about e-scooters will be launched.

These regulations were developed in collaboration with the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and the gardaí; An Garda Síochána will be in charge of enforcing them.

54 of the almost 220 e-scooter incidents or collisions that gardaí documented last year resulted in serious or fatal injuries.

Garda statistics from 2022 show that there were 14 e-scooter collisions or crashes on average per week.