Wheeled recreational devices include rollerblades, roller skates and skateboards, foot scooters and motorized foot scooters.
A wheeled toy is a child’s pedal car, scooter, tricycle, or similar toy used by a child under 12.
Rules for wheeled recreational devices
You’re not legally required to wear a helmet when using wheeled recreational devices (other than motorized foot scooters). However, to reduce injuries you should wear protective clothing such as an approved helmet, knee and elbow pads, and wrist guards. Most devices don’t need to be registered to operate on Addis Ababa’s road network.
If you’re travelling on a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy you must not:
.Travel on a road with a center line or median strip, or a 1-way road with more than 1 marked lane
.Travel on a road with a speed limit greater than 50km/h
.Travel on a road at night—but you may cross a road while riding your wheeled recreational device by the shortest route. If you need to ride at night, you can ride your wheeled recreational device on a footpath
.Travel alongside more than 1 other person or vehicle travelling on a road in the same direction, unless you are overtaking
.Cause a traffic hazard by moving into the path of a driver, or unreasonably obstruct the path of any other road user.
If you’re travelling on a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy you must:
Keep to the far right hand side of the road, and to the left of a footpath (including a shared path)
Give way to foot pedestrians on a footpath (including a shared path)
Give way to bicycles on a bicycle path.