E-scooter caught doing 80km/h on Canberra's Southern Cross Drive
A video shows an e-scooter rider overtaking cars on Southern Cross Drive at about 80km/h, far exceeding the legal 25km/h limit.
A Canberra local filmed an e-scooter rider speeding past his car on Southern Cross Drive. The rider appeared to travel at about 80km/h.
The road's speed limit for cars is 60km/h, making the scooter's pace even more striking. Canberra Escooter Club president David Hine confirmed the rider had disabled the device's speed limiter.
In the ACT, e-scooters are legally capped at 25km/h on level ground. They cannot legally travel on roads except in specific circumstances.
Police say riders who break speed laws face fines. ACT Policing noted that e-scooter riders are vulnerable to serious injury in collisions.
They lack the protection cars offer.
- approximately 80km/h
- Speed recorded
- 25km/h
- Legal ACT e-scooter limit
- 60km/h
- Road speed limit
- 15km/h
- Footpath speed limit
Why it mattersThe incident shows riders breaking safety rules put themselves and others at risk, and highlights a gap between legal limits and what some riders actually do.
AustraliaFor Canberrans and ACT riders, this underscores the need for enforcement of e-scooter speed laws to protect riders and pedestrians on shared paths and roads.
✓ Claims checked against the source and corrected before publish. checked 4 h ago
