Three Union County men were charged with driving while intoxicated on electric scooters after Hoboken police saw them riding in the wrong direction Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

Daniel Filipek, 27, and Joseph Meier, 28, both of Cranford, and Christos Hantzaras, 27, of Summit, were riding against the flow of traffic in the area of Second and Hudson streets just after 5 p.m. when they were spotted by police officers Harold Milne and Anthony Olivera, Lt. Edgardo Cruz said.

Milne and Olivera warned the men that they aren’t allowed to ride opposite the traffic flow, but the men kept going north on Hudson Street, Cruz said. The officers stopped the three men at Third and Hudson and immediately detected the odor of alcohol coming from the riders, said Cruz, who noted that the men were swaying from side to side.

All three failed a field sobriety test and they were arrested, Cruz said. Breath samples taken at police headquarters showed that all three had blood-alcohol levels above the legal limit.

Filipek, Meier and Hantzaras were all charged with DWI, DWI in a school zone, reckless driving, driving on sidewalk and wrong way on a one way.