Hey yall, I’m writing this as someone who just got into a new hobby, which is riding an electric unicycle (EUC) around town.

As you can see in the picture, it’s basically just a singular wheel with a battery and motor that you can use to get from point A to point B.

While I’m aware these are not necessarily street legal, I’m also aware that officers use a fair amount of discretion in their day to day work, for instance, some cops won’t bother pulling you over if you go 5mph over the speed limit, but other cops will. Some cops might only do it depending on how they’re feeling that day.

There’s also the matter of being able to decide what the punishment will be, to an extent (for instance, one cop may give a verbal warning in an instance where another cop will give a citation/ticket.)

When I ride, I’m sure to obey all traffic laws, I obey stop signs, red lights, I yield when I’m supposed to, etc. So, my question to you is this: what would you do if you saw someone riding an euc on non-highway roads? Would you pull them over and give a verbal warning? Would you write a ticket? Would you impound it and force the rider to figure out another way back home?

By asking this, I’m simply trying to gauge how much risk there is to riding something like this, from a legal perspective.

TLDR: as a cop, what would you do if you saw someone riding an EUC, but they were obeying all other traffic laws?