Do you need lights on an electric skateboard at night?

Lights after dark. A white lamp visible 300 feet ahead, a red rear reflector visible 500 feet, and a white or yellow reflector on each side visible 200 feet. The lamp and reflectors may be attached to the rider instead of the board. — Cal. Veh. Code § 21293, read 2026-09-20

Lights at night, and a controlled stop. Between half an hour after sunset and half an hour before sunrise, a board on a roadway “shall be equipped with a lamp on the front that emits a white light visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the front and with a red reflector on the rear”. At all times, an electric skateboard “shall enable the operator to bring it to a controlled stop.” — MCL 257.662(1), (3), read 2026-09-24

Lights and reflectors. Red reflector at the rear and on each side, white at the front, visible at 150 m (ss. 10, 13). At night, a white lamp at the front and a red one at the rear (s. 12), which may be replaced by a light worn by the rider. — RLRQ c. C-24.2, r. 39.1.002, read 2026-09-20

Equipment and lights. Every PMD must have “an effective stopping system controlled by using brakes, gears or motor control” and “a working bell, horn or a similar warning device (if the device has handlebars)”. White and red lights and a red reflector are required at night or in poor visibility. — Queensland Government (TMR), “Rules for personal mobility devices”, read 2026-09-25

Night riding. “PMDs must not be used at night unless the device or PMD user has: a white light visible from the front of the PMD a red light that is visible from the rear of the device a red reflector visible from the rear of the device.” — Transport Tasmania (Department of State Growth), “Personal mobility devices”, read 2026-09-25

Speed limit and equipment. Service-public.fr: “La vitesse maximum autorisée est de 25 km/h.” (The maximum permitted speed is 25 km/h — our translation.) It adds: “Votre engin doit être équipé d'un système de freinage, d'un avertisseur sonore, de feux de position (avant et arrière) et de dispositifs réfléchissants arrière et latéraux.” (Your device must have brakes, an audible warning device, front and rear position lights and rear and side reflectors — our translation.) — Service-public.fr F308, read 2026-09-25

Lights and reflectors. § 9 requires, while riding, at least one front lamp showing white or yellow light and one rear lamp showing red light, visible at 300 m; § 10 requires white front, red rear and yellow or white side reflectors. — BEK nr. 41 af 14/01/2019, §§ 1–12, read 2026-09-27

No approval, no registration. FOR-2022-05-25-918 § 4: “Liten elektrisk motorvogn skal ikke fremstilles for godkjenning hos Statens vegvesen.” (A small electric motor vehicle is not to be presented for approval to the Public Roads Administration — our translation.) And: “Liten elektrisk motorvogn er ikke registreringspliktig” (is not subject to registration — our translation). § 7 requires a CE-marked red rear reflector and, in the dark, front and rear lights, unless the vehicle's size or design does not allow them to be fitted. — FOR-2022-05-25-918, §§ 3–4, read 2026-09-27