Wheeled recreational devices
Wheeled recreational devices include rollerblades, rollerskates and skateboards, scooters and motorised scooters.
A wheeled toy is a child's pedal car, scooter, tricycle or similar toy used by a child under 12 years of age.
A person travelling on a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy:
- must not travel on a road with a dividing line or median strip, or a one-way road with more than one marked lane
- must not travel on a road with a speed limit greater than 50 kilometres per hour (km/h). During the day you can ride on a road that is not a main road and has a speed limit of 50 km/h or less, but you must stay to the left hand side of the road
- must not travel on a road at night but you may cross a road while riding your wheeled recreational device by the shortest route (if you need to ride at night, you can ride your wheeled recreational device on a footpath)
- must keep to the far left side of the road and to the left of a shared path or footpath
- must give way to pedestrians and cyclists on a footpath or shared path
- must give way to bicycles on a bicycle path.
A local government may make a local law dealing with the use of wheeled recreational devices and wheeled toys on roads and footpaths. For example, a local government may make a local law which prohibits the use of rollerblades and skateboards on certain busy footpaths.
For further information on local laws in your area, please contact your local council.
Sections 240–243 of the Queensland Road Rules apply.
Motorised foot scooters
A motorised foot scooter is a scooter which has an electric motor attached of 200 watts output or less. The manufacturer of the scooter must certify that the power output does not exceed 200 watts, by either attaching a plate to the motor or engraving it.
A motorised foot scooter is a wheeled recreational device. In addition to the above rules, a person using a motorised foot scooter must also wear an approved bicycle helmet.
For more information about the new road rules for wheeled recreational devices or motorised foot scooters, download Road rules — questions and answers (PDF**, 54KB).Table of road rules changes — effective from 12 October 2009
Download the table of road rules changes (PDF**, 60KB) for a complete list of the new road rules effective from 12 October 2009.New road rules questions and answers
Road rules — questions and answers (PDF**, 54KB) contains more detailed information about the new Queensland road rules.
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Last updated 22 October 2009
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