{"id":22920,"date":"2026-06-02T02:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T02:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/22920\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T02:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T02:40:08","slug":"queensland-government-waters-down-under-16s-e-scooter-and-e-bike-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/22920\/","title":{"rendered":"Queensland government waters down under-16s e-scooter and e-bike ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Queensland government has watered down its plan to ban children under 16 from riding e-mobility devices to allow those aged between 12 and 17 to ride under parental supervision.<\/p>\n

Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg announced a series of amendments to the state government’s proposed e-mobility laws on Tuesday, which are expected to pass state parliament this week.<\/p>\n

The government proposed the laws following a parliamentary inquiry into the safety of e-mobility devices that recommended under-16s be banned from riding them.<\/p>\n

Further recommendations included requiring riders to hold at least a learner’s licence.<\/p>\n

Mr Mickelberg said on Tuesday the legislation would be tweaked to allow those aged between 12 and 17 to ride an e-mobility device under parental supervision.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Brent<\/p>\n

Brent Mickelberg announced a series of amendments to the bill on Tuesday. (ABC News)<\/p>\n

However, those aged 16 or above who hold at least a learner’s permit would be able to ride without supervision. The legislation will also allow parents to be fined if a child under 16 rides illegally.<\/p>\n

Mr Mickelberg said the finalised bill would provide an exemption for people who could not hold a license due to a medical condition or disability.<\/p>\n

Mr Mickelberg said there would also be amendments regarding the use of e-mobility devices on rail trails and on mountain bike tracks.<\/p>\n

The amendments come after a committee examining a bill made a series of recommendations challenging some of the proposed changes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speed limit changes<\/p>\n

A proposed 10 km\/h speed limit on footpaths had faced particular opposition by members of the community.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Some riders have protested the proposed laws.\u00a0 (ABC News: Alex Brewster)<\/p>\n

Mr Mickelberg said that instead, a 12 km\/h speed limit would apply on footpaths and when passing pedestrians on shared paths. The speed limit on shared paths would otherwise be 25km\/h.<\/p>\n

“We promised to deliver nation-leading laws and that is exactly what we will be doing this week,” he said.<\/p>\n

Riders will have until the end of February 2027 to ensure their device is compliant with the new standards required under the legislation.<\/p>\n

E-scooters and personal mobility devices will need to be limited to 25km\/h and e-bikes must comply with the European Standard EN15194.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr Mickelberg said an assurance scheme would be developed to help owners ensure their e-bikes are compliant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

E-bike 10km\/h limit in Qld should be watered down<\/a><\/p>\n

A proposed 10 km\/h speed limit for e-mobility on footpaths should only apply in high pedestrian zones and not on shared paths, a Queensland parliamentary committee has recommended.<\/p>\n

He said the legislation would also be amended to ensure that past and future versions of the European Standard would meet the compliance requirements.<\/p>\n

Mr Mickelberg said the laws were expected to come in from July 1, with the ban on under-16s riding alone and licence requirements to start from August 31.<\/p>\n

Managing director of cycling safety advocate group Amy’s Foundation Katey Bates said changes were needed following the death of 12 people in Queensland in e-mobility device incidents last year.<\/p>\n

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Katey Bates says “something had to be done” to make e-mobility devices safer to ride. (ABC News)<\/p>\n

“What we are targeting through this is making sure the illegal devices are off our roads and that poor and dangerous behaviour is not tolerated,” she said.<\/p>\n

“We are not targeting the families riding their bikes to school, we encourage that and hope these measures increase safety for them.”<\/p>\n

Mr Mickelberg said he would encourage the federal government to fast-track the introduction of a product standard to make the regulation and enforcement of what is considered a legal e-bike easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Queensland government has watered down its plan to ban children under 16 from riding e-mobility devices to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22,21,4543,13404,21662,21663,21661,15150,211,968,6985,2043,38,1217],"class_list":["post-22920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-austrlia","tag-children","tag-e-bikes","tag-e-mobility","tag-e-scooter-ban","tag-e-scooters","tag-legislation","tag-qld","tag-safety","tag-speed-limit","tag-state-government","tag-teens","tag-transport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}