Electric unicycle riders call for clearer regulation in B.C. as many report receiving $598 tickets

Gabe Kwok says he’s been riding his electric unicycle around the streets of Vancouver for more than a year.

But recently, he said, a police officer pulled him over.

Kwok says the officer told him it was illegal to ride the electric unicycle (EUC) on a public road and he was handed a ticket for $598. Except the violation wasn’t for driving an EUC, but instead for operating a vehicle without insurance.

However, in B.C. it’s impossible to get insurance for an EUC.

“Giving out a ticket for not having insurance on something you can’t get insured is kind of nonsensical to me,” said Kwok.

His experience isn’t unique, according to one industry insider who says he

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