Saudi Arabia E-Scooter Laws: 25 km/h Cap, Tracks Only (2026)

This article is general information about e-scooter laws in Saudi Arabia and is not legal advice. If you need advice for a specific situation, consult a Saudi traffic lawyer or your city's transport authority, since street-level rules vary by location. Information last verified on 23 July 2026.

Are e-scooters legal in Saudi Arabia?

The picture is split between two different kinds of rules. On the product side, Saudi Arabia has a binding national standard, the SASO Technical Regulation for Electric Personal Mobility Devices (Scooter), adopted by the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization's board on 23 September 2023 and published in the Official Gazette on 13 October 2023. It governs what a compliant device must be like, not where or how a person may ride one on the street.

On the conduct side, this page did not find one national traffic law spelling out rider rules (age, licensing, where you can ride) for e-scooters. Reported rental rules exist at the municipal level, and this page could not independently verify them against a government portal this session (the relevant e-participation portal returned an access error on every attempt).

What counts as an e-scooter here

Article 4.1.2(c) of the SASO standard sets the ceiling: a compliant electric personal mobility device's maximum speed must not exceed 25 km/h. That is a manufacturing cap built into the device, not a posted road speed limit set by a traffic authority.

The standard also requires front and rear lighting, front and rear brakes, adequate reflectors, and an audible warning device (Article 4.1.2(e)). Age categories and maximum user weight are left to the manufacturer's own instruction manual under Article 10.3, rather than fixed by the state.

Where you can ride

This is the standard's clearest, and most consequential, conduct rule. Article 9.2 prohibits using an e-scooter outside tracks designated by the relevant authorities. Read plainly, that means ordinary public roads and streets are not a default, nationwide place to ride an e-scooter in Saudi Arabia; permitted riding areas are set locally.

Because "the relevant authorities" is a city-by-city designation rather than a single national map, where you can actually ride depends heavily on which city you are in and what that city's authority has designated. This page did not find a consolidated national list of designated tracks.

Rider rules

• Minimum age: not set by the SASO product standard, which leaves age categories to the manufacturer's own instructions (Article 10.3). Secondary reporting citing MOMRAH describes a minimum age of 17 for rental users specifically; this page could not confirm that figure against a government source this session.
• Helmet: not addressed as a rider obligation in the SASO standard, which is a device-manufacturing standard rather than a rider-conduct law. Secondary reporting describes helmet sterilization requirements for rental operators (a hygiene rule, not necessarily a use mandate), which this page could not independently confirm.
• Where reported rental speed limits differ from the device cap: secondary MOMRAH-sourced coverage describes 25 km/h on cycle tracks and 5 km/h in public parks for rental units specifically, again not independently confirmed against a government source this session.
• Licensing: this page found no evidence of a driver's-license requirement to operate an e-scooter, but also found no confirmed, unified national rule either way.

Penalties

The SASO standard's Article 9 penalties are aimed at the supply chain, not the rider. Non-compliant devices can trigger market withdrawal and certificate revocation, and suppliers or importers can face penalties under the Anti-Commercial-Fraud Law. This page found no individual-rider fine schedule set out in the national product standard itself.

Because riding conduct is governed locally rather than by one national traffic law for e-scooters, any rider-facing fine (for example, for riding outside a designated track) would come from a municipal or local traffic authority, and this page did not independently verify a specific fine amount for that against a government source this session.

Local and regional variation

Saudi Arabia's e-scooter framework is genuinely subnational in the way that matters most to a rider: where you may ride. The SASO product standard is national, but it defers the actual permitted-riding-area question to "the relevant authorities" at the local level, so a track designated for e-scooter use in one city says nothing about what is permitted in another.

Reported rental licensing (kiosk permits, a roughly 10-scooter-per-kiosk cap, civil-defense approval for shops) is described in secondary coverage as flowing from the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing, which by its name and structure implies municipality-level administration rather than one uniform national rollout. This page could not confirm city-by-city specifics (for example, whether Riyadh and Jeddah have published their own separate e-scooter ordinances) against a government source this session.

Enforcement in practice

The one binding national document this page could open is a product-safety standard governing manufacturers and importers, not a rider-conduct law, so it says little about how strictly street-level use is policed. What it does confirm is that riding outside a designated track is not authorized, which is a real legal constraint even where enforcement intensity is unclear.

This page found no reliable, independently verified data on how often riders are actually stopped or fined for street riding outside designated tracks. Enforcement patterns do not change the legal status of a rule and are not permission to ride wherever a device happens to work; the absence of confirmed enforcement data is not evidence that off-track riding is tolerated or lawful.

For how other countries handle e-scooters, see our global e-scooter law guide.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are e-scooters legal in Saudi Arabia?

There is a binding national product-safety standard for e-scooter devices, but no single national traffic-conduct law for riders. The product standard explicitly bans riding outside tracks designated by local authorities, so unrestricted public-road riding is not generally authorized nationwide.

How fast can an e-scooter go in Saudi Arabia?

The national SASO technical standard caps device speed at 25 km/h. Secondary rental-specific reporting describes a lower 5 km/h limit in public parks, which this page could not independently confirm against a government source.

What is the minimum age to ride an e-scooter in Saudi Arabia?

The national product standard leaves age categories to the manufacturer's instructions rather than setting a statutory minimum. Secondary reporting describes a minimum age of 17 for rental users under municipal rules, not independently confirmed this session.

Can I ride an e-scooter on any street in Saudi Arabia?

No. The national standard bans use outside tracks designated by the relevant local authorities, so riding is meant to be confined to specifically designated areas rather than open public roads generally.

Is e-scooter rental available in Saudi Arabian cities?

Reported municipal permit and kiosk-licensing rules, attributed to the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing, describe an active rental market, but this page could not independently confirm those rules against a government portal this session, so treat the specifics as reported rather than verified.

Do Saudi e-scooter rules vary by city?

Yes. Because the national standard defers the designated-riding-area question to local authorities, where you may actually ride, and likely how rental operates, varies from city to city rather than following one uniform national map.