Barriers to the safe use of innovative vehicles and mobility devices
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- Implementing
Purpose
This project aims to address the issues surrounding the safe and legal use of new and innovative personal-use and mobility devices.
The current regulatory framework does not provide for the use of new and innovative personal-use devices that are readily available for sale today as they do not necessarily fit within existing vehicle classification.
This also affects individuals that require the use of mobility devices due technical restrictions set out in the Australian Road Rules.
Next steps
We are currently seeking feedback on an issues paper until Thursday 28 February 2019.
After we have analysed the submissions received, we will be preparing a discussion paper for release in June 2019.
Background
In November 2017 the Transport and Infrastructure Council tasked the NTC with reviewing the rules for using motorised mobility devices and motorised wheelchairs (collectively known as motorised mobility devices), as well as other recreational and personal-use motorised devices. This review has recently commenced.