Gardai nab nine e-scooters in Dublin using 'new technology'
Gardai are rolling out the new Dynamometer technology
Some of the e-scooters that were seized
Gardai using new speed testing kits have nabbed nine e-scooters in Dublin for a range of offences.
Garda Traffic said their Roads Policing members were conducting checks on e-scooters in the city centre using new Dynamometer technology.
'Nine scooters were impounded for a range of offences, including speeding and exceeding the maximum rated power output,' they posted on X.
The mobile dynamometer is a device capable of determining the maximum speed an e-scooter, e-bike or e-moped is capable of, rather than having to catch the passenger in the act of speeding.
Some of the e-scooters that were seized
News in 90 Seconds - 5th June 2025
The dynamometers are being distributed to garda stations across the country, having been acquired by gardaí in recent months from the Netherlands.
According to The Journal, gardaí are only the second national police force in the world to use them.
Regulations allowing the use of e-scooters in public places that came into effect last year restricts the vehicles to a maximum speed of 20km per hour.
They must also meet particular lighting and braking requirements.
A maximum speed of 25km/h is allowed for e-bikes, pedal-assisted electric bicycles, but they must have a motor that cuts off once pedalling stops.
Under the new regulations, gardaí have the power to confiscate any device that is found to be too powerful.
Gardai are rolling out the new Dynamometer technology
The new laws also ban the use of the scooters by those under the age of 16, and from having fixed seats on board.
It also prohibited the practice of two people riding on one scooter.
In Cork, Labour councillor Peter Horgan told The Echo this week: 'These are a legitimate alternative transport but the speeds that some scooters are now able to go is downright dangerous.
''Other cities have mechanisms where scooter speeds were automatically slowed when in pedestrianised zones and we must examine the technology to try and achieve that.
'They are for short hop journeys not designed as a main mode of transport to clock up to 40km per hour.'
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