Hoverboards and similar devices
You can use motorised personal mobility devices such as hoverboards and electric skateboards on private property, but not roads and footpaths.
Motorised personal mobility devices are compact devices designed for personal transportation. They are typically powered by electric motors.
Motorised personal mobility devices can include:
- two-wheeled, self-balancing personal transporters (e.g. Segways)
- hoverboards
- self-balancing scooters
- electric unicycles
- electric skateboards
- self-balancing electric devices with a single tyre (e.g. Onewheels)
- electric roller blades or electric roller skates.
You can use your motorised personal mobility device on private property if you have permission from the land owner.
You can't use hoverboards or similar devices on the road, share paths or footpaths
These devices don’t meet Australian Design Rules or Victorian registration and licensing requirements, and are not exempt from these requirements like bicycles or e-scooters are. If ridden on public property they are unregistered motor vehicles.
For this reason, they can’t be used on:
- roads
- shared paths
- footpaths
- road-related areas.
Segways are currently only allowed if used as part of a tour for tourism purposes and in areas and routes authorised by the Department of Transport and Planning. Tour operators interested in conducting Segway tours should contact the relevant local council in the first instance.
Useful resources
View more on:
- bicycles
- electric and motorised bikes
- e-scooters
- skateboards, scooters and roller blades