CAUGHT! This e-scooter seized amid nationwide gardai check-points testing new equipment
This e-scooter was travelling over double the legal speed limit as it's tested with new dynamometer by gardai
An Garda Siochana are currently trialling new equipment around the country to test the safety of e-scooters and e-bikes.
Gardai are now using a device called a dynamometer which measures the maximum speed that an e-scooter or bike is capable of travelling, and this e-scooter has lost his as a result!
Since May 2024 new regulations have been brought out in Ireland around the use of e-scooters, in particular the maximum speed one should be allowed to travel at.
For an e-bike, the maximum speed should be 25km/h and for an e-scooter it is no more than 20km/h.
"If an e-scooter or an e-bike comes across one of our check-points and is tested using one of these dynamometers, and is found to be over the limit, it can be seized immediately and a fixed charge notice can be issued," An Garda Siochana said.
In the video above, an Garda siochana are at a check-point with a dynamometer to check the safety of e-scooters and e-bikes.
The Garda in the video is heard saying: "You are aware that the exceeded limit is 20km/h?" to an e-scooter user while their scooter is being tested on.
The e-scooter in the video was seized because it was capable of driving 46km/h, over double the legal limit.