E-scooter ban for U16s to be operational from Monday

Under the new regulations, there must be two brakes on scooters, a centred light on the front of a scooter must be white and 'be visible during lighting-up hours in clear weather for a distance of at least 50m'. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Children under the age of 16 will be banned from using e-scooters in a public place from this Monday.

The move comes after Transport Minister Eamon Ryan signed and published the Road Traffic (Electric Scooters) Regulations. The regulations limit the factory-allowed speed of scooters to 20km/hr and limit their use to one passenger at a time.