The Personal Light Electric Transports Act 2023, which was passed into law on 26th January 2023, regulates the use of E-Scooters on Gibraltar’s roads. 

The RGP are now launching a two-week awareness campaign to highlight the  various offences and road safety concerns regarding the use of E-Scooters. 

A statement from the RGP follows below:

As part of the campaign, officers will distribute leaflets in both English and Spanish to  E-Scooter riders who cross the frontier and throughout Gibraltar. 

The main restrictions are: 

• E-Scooters may only be used on the road and not the pavements or any  pedestrianised areas. 
• The rider must be over the age of 17.  
• The rider must wear a securely-fastened helmet. 
• The E-Scooter must not have been modified to travel over 25kph. • The rider must not carry a pillion passenger or tow another person on an E Scooter 
• The E-Scooter must have lights on the front and back. 

In addition to the above, all E-Scooter riders are subject to the normal rules of the  road under the Traffic Act which include, amongst other offences, the use of mobile  phones, drink and drug driving offences and the requirement to indicate. 

An RGP spokesman said: “From now until Monday 13 February, police officers will  be stopping operators of E-Scooters and making them aware of the new regulations. 

“After that date, anyone found breaking these regulations will be issued with £300  Fixed Penalty Notices.”