Are electric skateboards legal in Poland?
Specific law, with conditions. Since 2021 Polish law has had a category for small electric vehicles without a seat, the “urządzenie transportu osobistego” (personal transport device, UTO). The statute does not use the word skateboard; the Polish Police cite the electric skateboard as the first example of a UTO. The rules for a UTO: 20 km/h, use the cycle path or the shared pedestrian-and-cycle path where there is one, the footway only where neither exists and at walking pace, no riding on the carriageway, no passengers. A 2025 amendment raised the minimum age from 10 to 13 and requires a helmet for riders under 16.
What the law says
| What the text says | Section | |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Art. 2 pkt 47c: “urządzenie transportu osobistego - pojazd napędzany elektrycznie, z wyłączeniem hulajnogi elektrycznej, bez siedzenia i pedałów, konstrukcyjnie przeznaczony do poruszania się wyłącznie przez kierującego znajdującego się na tym pojeździe” (personal transport device: an electrically powered vehicle, other than an electric scooter, without seat or pedals, designed to carry only the rider standing on it — our translation). Art. 2 pkt 32 excludes it from “pojazd silnikowy” (motor vehicle). | Prawo o ruchu drogowym, art. 2 pkt 32 i 47c, art. 20 ust. 6 pkt 4, art. 33b–33d |
| The police name the electric skateboard | Polish Police (Grójec county): “Urządzeniami takimi są np. deskorolka elektryczna, elektryczne urządzenie samopoziomujące, segway, e-skates, airwheel, czy też monocykl elektryczny.” (Such devices include, for example, the electric skateboard, the electric self-balancing device, the Segway, e-skates, Airwheel and the electric unicycle — our translation.) | Komenda Powiatowa Policji w Grójcu, 25.08.2022 |
| Speed limit | Art. 20 ust. 6 pkt 4: the permitted speed of “hulajnogi elektrycznej i urządzenia transportu osobistego - 20 km/h” (electric scooters and personal transport devices: 20 km/h — our translation). | Prawo o ruchu drogowym, art. 2 pkt 32 i 47c, art. 20 ust. 6 pkt 4, art. 33b–33d |
| No carriageway, no passengers | Art. 33b ust. 3: the rider of a UTO is prohibited from towing, from carrying another person, animal or load, from holding on to vehicles, and from “jazdy po jezdni, z wyjątkiem korzystania z przejazdu dla rowerów” (riding on the carriageway, except when using a cycle crossing — our translation). | Prawo o ruchu drogowym, art. 2 pkt 32 i 47c, art. 20 ust. 6 pkt 4, art. 33b–33d |
| Minimum age 13 | Art. 33d ust. 1 as amended by Dz.U. 2025 poz. 1676: “Zabrania się dopuszczania dziecka w wieku do 13 lat do kierowania hulajnogą elektryczną lub” a UTO on the road (It is prohibited to allow a child up to 13 to ride an electric scooter or a UTO on the road — our translation); ust. 2 allows it in a residential zone under adult supervision. The consolidated 2024 text still reads 10. | Ustawa z dnia 17 października 2025 r. (Dz.U. 2025 poz. 1676), art. 1 pkt 4 i 5 |
| Helmet under 16 | New art. 33 ust. 1b (Dz.U. 2025 poz. 1676): a rider of a bicycle, electric scooter or UTO “który nie ukończył 16 roku życia, jest obowiązany używać w czasie jazdy kasku ochronnego odpowiadającego właściwym warunkom technicznym” (who is under 16 must wear a protective helmet meeting the technical requirements while riding — our translation). | Ustawa z dnia 17 października 2025 r. (Dz.U. 2025 poz. 1676), art. 1 pkt 4 i 5 |
Each row is the statute's own content, reduced to plain wording where it is long and quoted directly where the exact words matter. The section in the last column is a link to the text.
Sources
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Prawo o ruchu drogowym, art. 2 pkt 32 i 47c, art. 20 ust. 6 pkt 4, art. 33b–33d — Ustawa z dnia 20 czerwca 1997 r. – Prawo o ruchu drogowym (tekst jednolity Dz.U. 2024 poz. 1251).
Official source, read 2026-09-27.
Read through the Sejm's ELI service (isap.sejm.gov.pl refused automated access). Consolidated text of June 2024; later amendments checked up to Dz.U. 2026 poz. 1073. Polish text; translations are ours. -
Ustawa z dnia 17 października 2025 r. (Dz.U. 2025 poz. 1676), art. 1 pkt 4 i 5 — Ustawa o zmianie ustawy – Prawo o ruchu drogowym oraz niektórych innych ustaw.
Official source, read 2026-09-27.
Published 2 Dec. 2025. Under its art. 22, point 5 (age 13) took effect three months after publication and point 4 (helmet) six months after. Polish text; translations are ours. -
Komenda Powiatowa Policji w Grójcu, 25.08.2022 — Urządzenia transportu osobistego – ważne zasady poruszania się tymi pojazdami (Polish Police).
Official source, read 2026-09-27.
A county police command's public notice, not legislation; its age limit of 10 predates the 2025 amendment.
Every source on this page is the text as published by the legislature or the state agency itself. Open them.
Riding in Poland: what it costs
What one costs today. The cheapest complete electric skateboard in stock at a shop we read is 38" Hurricane Electric Longboard Electronic Skateboard, at US$240 (the cheapest one, tracked daily). 34 boards under $500 · 94 under $1,000 — every price checked at the shop, not copied from an ad. The full picture, from entry boards to the top of the range: how much an electric skateboard costs.
What the law above asks you to wear or fit. Priced across shops: helmets and pads, since a rule above names the helmet.
Deciding between a board and a single wheel? Onewheel or electric skateboard. A word in the texts above you do not know? The glossary.
How Poland compares
The same four questions, across every jurisdiction whose primary sources we have read. Neighbouring jurisdictions link to their own page and citations; every other one is a click away on the full list.
| Jurisdiction | Status | Helmet | Speed limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | Regulated | New art. 33 ust. 1b (Dz.U. 2025 poz. 1676): a rider of a bicycle, electric scooter or UTO | Art. 20 ust. 6 pkt 4: the permitted speed of “hulajnogi elek |
| Alabama | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Alaska | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Arizona | Named only | no rule naming the device | — |
| Arkansas | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| California | Regulated | Required at every age: a properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet meeting the standard | Not above 15 mph on a highway, bikeway, public bicycle path, |
| Colorado | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Connecticut | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Delaware | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Florida | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Georgia | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Hawaii | Unaddressed | “No person under eighteen years of age shall operate a skateboard upon a street, roadway, | — |
| Idaho | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Illinois | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Indiana | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Iowa | Regulated | no rule naming the device | — |
| Kansas | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Kentucky | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Louisiana | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Maine | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Maryland | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | Maryland’s stand-up electric class requires a vehicle that “ |
| Massachusetts | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Michigan | Regulated | “A person less than 19 years of age operating an electric skateboard shall wear a crash he | — |
| Minnesota | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Mississippi | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Missouri | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Montana | Regulated | no rule naming the device | — |
| Nebraska | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Nevada | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| New Hampshire | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| New Jersey | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | The 2019 class that New Jersey does allow on the road is def |
| New Mexico | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| New York | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| North Carolina | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| North Dakota | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Ohio | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | “Vehicle” does not include “any low-speed micromobility devi |
| Oklahoma | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Oregon | Unaddressed | It is an offence if a person “is under 16 years of age, rides on a skateboard or scooter o | — |
| Pennsylvania | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Rhode Island | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| South Carolina | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| South Dakota | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Tennessee | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Texas | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Utah | Regulated | “An individual under 21 years old may not operate or ride the following on a highway unles | — |
| Vermont | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Virginia | Regulated | no rule naming the device | — |
| Washington | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| West Virginia | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Wisconsin | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Wyoming | Named only | no rule naming the device | — |
| Alberta | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| British Columbia | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Manitoba | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| New Brunswick | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Northwest Territories | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Nova Scotia | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Nunavut | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Ontario | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Prince Edward Island | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Quebec | Regulated | Required. A rigid shell, padded inside, with a chin strap, correctly fitted and firmly fas | Maximum rated power 500 W, combined across motors, and the d |
| Saskatchewan | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | A “limited speed motor vehicle” is “any motor vehicle that h |
| Yukon | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Australian Capital Territory | Regulated | s 244H(1): “A person travelling in or on a personal mobility device must wear an approved | s 244FB: an offence is committed by travelling faster than “ |
| New South Wales | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Northern Territory | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Queensland | Regulated | “When you ride a personal mobility device, you must wear an approved bicycle helmet or an | “You may ride on paths unless there's a sign prohibiting per |
| South Australia | Regulated | “PMD riders must: be aged 16 years or over wear a helmet”. “When you ride a PMD, you must | — |
| Tasmania | Regulated | “Yes. All PMD users must wear an approved helmet.” | “PMD users must not exceed: 15km/h on footpaths 25km/h on sh |
| Victoria | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Western Australia | Regulated | r 223B(2): “A person must not ride an electric rideable device on a road or path unless th | r 15(2): a person “must not ride an electric rideable device |
| Austria | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Belgium | Unaddressed | Art. 8.2, 7°: “16 ans pour les conducteurs d'engins de déplacement motorisés, sauf:” (16 y | Brussels code, art. 8: speed is limited “à 20 km à l'heure p |
| Denmark | Regulated | § 12 a, inserted by BEK 56/2021 from 1 January 2022: “Under kørsel på selvbalancerende kør | — |
| France | Regulated | A helmet is required nationally only where the authority has opened a road limited to 80 k | Service-public.fr: “La vitesse maximum autorisée est de 25 k |
| Germany | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | These rules apply only to vehicles covered by the eKFV, not |
| Hong Kong | Prohibited | The 2023 LegCo paper (para. 14) proposes that “EMD users must be at least 16 years old” an | The 2023 LegCo paper (para. 14) proposes that “EMD users mus |
| Ireland | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Italy | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Japan | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Netherlands | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| New Zealand | Prohibited | The Road User Rule helmet requirement (cl. 11.8(1)) applies to anyone who rides “a bicycle | — |
| Norway | Regulated | Statens vegvesen: “Aldersgrensen for å kjøre elsparkesykkel er 12 år.” (The age limit is 1 | — |
| Portugal | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Singapore | Regulated | no rule naming the device | — |
| South Korea | Regulated | Art. 50(3): “이륜자동차와 원동기장치자전거(개인형 이동장치는 제외한다)의 운전자는 행정안전부령 으로 정하는 인명보호 장구를 착용하고 운행하여야 하며” ( | — |
| Spain | Unaddressed | In the version of the Reglamento General de Circulación amended by Real Decreto 518/2026, | — |
| Sweden | Unaddressed | Trafikförordning (1998:1276), 6 kap. 4 a §: “Den som är under femton år och färdas med en | — |
| Switzerland | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| United Kingdom | Prohibited | no rule naming the device | — |
| Chicago | Regulated | no rule naming the device | — |
| Los Angeles | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Montréal | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | By-law 10-020, art. 12: whoever travels by bicycle, on in-li |
| New York City | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| San Francisco | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Seattle | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Toronto | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
| Vancouver | Unaddressed | no rule naming the device | — |
The spread is the point. These are neighbouring jurisdictions regulating the same object, and they do not agree on what it is, how fast it may go, who may ride it, or whether it may be ridden at all. A rider who crosses a state line is, quite often, subject to a different legal category rather than a stricter version of the same one — which is why a single national answer to this question does not exist and why anyone offering you one has stopped reading the law.
It also explains why so many rows say the device is unaddressed. Most vehicle codes were written before this machine existed, and a legislature that has not revisited them has not thereby permitted anything — it has left the question to a general classification and to your city.
What about a Onewheel?
No text we read for Poland names a board with a single wheel. The reading above is for electric skateboards; whether a Onewheel falls in the same class, another one or none is a question the statutes here do not answer, and neither do we. 11 jurisdictions do name it — Are Onewheels legal?
What this page does not tell you
- It is not legal advice, and it never says you may ride. It says what the statute says, and links it.
- It does not cover municipal law. Cities regulate sidewalks, parks, paths and often these devices by name. Those rules sit on top of everything above.
- It does not cover private property, insurance, or what happens after an accident.
- It may be out of date. Every source carries the day we read it. A statute amended since then will not have updated itself here.
Across the border: Germany. Every other jurisdiction: the full list.
Questions this raises
Are electric skateboards legal in Poland?
A statute names the device and sets out what is required to ride it. Since 2021 Polish law has had a category for small electric vehicles without a seat, the “urządzenie transportu osobistego” (personal transport device, UTO). The statute does not use the word skateboard; the Polish Police cite the electric skateboard as the first example of a UTO. The rules for a UTO: 20 km/h, use the cycle path or the shared pedestrian-and-cycle path where there is one, the footway only where neither exists and at walking pace, no riding on the carriageway, no passengers. A 2025 amendment raised the minimum age from 10 to 13 and requires a helmet for riders under 16.
Is a Onewheel legal in Poland?
No statute we read for Poland names a board with a single wheel, so the law there does not answer directly. For electric skateboards, the status we found is: specific law, with conditions. Only 11 of the 99 jurisdictions we read name a one-wheel board: Utah, Quebec, Queensland, Tasmania, Seattle, South Korea, Belgium, British Columbia, New York, Victoria, the Netherlands.
Do I need a helmet in Poland?
New art. 33 ust. 1b (Dz.U. 2025 poz. 1676): a rider of a bicycle, electric scooter or UTO “który nie ukończył 16 roku życia, jest obowiązany używać w czasie jazdy kasku ochronnego odpowiadającego właściwym warunkom technicznym” (who is under 16 must wear a protective helmet meeting the technical requirements while riding — our translation). That is Ustawa z dnia 17 października 2025 r. (Dz.U. 2025 poz. 1676), art. 1 pkt 4 i 5.
How fast am I allowed to go in Poland?
Art. 20 ust. 6 pkt 4: the permitted speed of “hulajnogi elektrycznej i urządzenia transportu osobistego - 20 km/h” (electric scooters and personal transport devices: 20 km/h — our translation). That is Prawo o ruchu drogowym, art. 2 pkt 32 i 47c, art. 20 ust. 6 pkt 4, art. 33b–33d.
Does this cover city rules?
No. This page reads state, provincial or national law only. Municipal codes frequently add rules — on sidewalks, parks and paths especially — and where the state has written nothing, the city has written everything.
How do I check this myself?
Open the links in the sources below. Every row in the table above names the section it comes from, and every source shows the date we read it. That is the whole point of the page: you should not have to take our word for it.