All electric bike riders are required by law to carry an operator s license and must meet the state s registration requirements.
Electric bikes victoria law.
A pedal cycle with one or more auxiliary motors attached which has a combined maximum ungoverned continuous rated power output not exceeding 200 watts.
Sixteen years is the minimum age to ride a moped in the uk but this was reduced to 14 years for electric bikes taking into account their lower levels of power.
A summary of the key victorian road rules regarding scooter and wheeled recreational devices.
However someone under 14 can ride an e bike off road.
Scooters wheeled recreational devices.
Cycles without attached pedals.
Any person operating a bicycle electric personal assistive mobility device electric power assisted bicycle motorized skateboard or scooter or moped on a roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place under conditions then existing shall ride as close as safely practicable to the right curb or edge of the roadway except under any of the following circumstances.
A power assisted bicycle is identical to a pedal powered bicycle except it has an auxiliary motor.
E bikes are not subject to the registration licensing or insurance requirements that apply to motor vehicles.
There are some road rules that riders of scooters and wheeled recreational devices need to follow.
Power assisted bicycles have two definitions in victoria.
One more thing the law states you must be over 14 years of age to ride an e bike on public roads.
However e bikes are not subject to insurance requirements.
E bikes are allowed on sidewalks and bike paths but are subject to local city or county restrictions.
An electric bike or motor assisted cycle is a two or three wheeled cycle with a seat pedals and an electric motor or motors power output not exceeding 500 watts in total.
A motor assisted cycle mac cannot be gas powered.
The existing law states that an electric bicycle motor must not be capable of generating more than 200 watts of ungoverned power.
The popularity of e scooters for short commutes has sky rocketed in countries such as germany which legalised them in june.
The laws surrounding where and who can ride which class of e bikes also varies state to state but the tl dr version is class 1 and 2 are permitted anywhere bikes are allowed and class 3 are okay.
This law was not very clear and a little misleading as all motors rated at 200w will be capable of exceeding that output during peak periods.
