Three tourists from Texas were cited after riding electric scooters on the highway.

Three tourists from Texas were cited after riding electric scooters on the highway.The riders were spotted on Department of Transportation traffic camera video.It happened about 1 p.m. Monday on I-94.The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to the westbound lanes at South 20th Street in Milwaukee.As lanes begin to merge, video shows the Bird scooter riders stop, cross multiple lanes of traffic and travel in the grass.Deputies stopped them, issued citations and gave them a ride off the highway to North 25th Street.The riders said they were following their GPS to the Harley-Davidson Museum.They were each issued a citation for operating a moped on a freeway where prohibited.The fine associated with the citation is $204.The riders' names were not released.No injuries were reported.

Three tourists from Texas were cited after riding electric scooters on the highway.

The riders were spotted on Department of Transportation traffic camera video.


It happened about 1 p.m. Monday on I-94.

The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to the westbound lanes at South 20th Street in Milwaukee.

As lanes begin to merge, video shows the Bird scooter riders stop, cross multiple lanes of traffic and travel in the grass.

Deputies stopped them, issued citations and gave them a ride off the highway to North 25th Street.

The riders said they were following their GPS to the Harley-Davidson Museum.

They were each issued a citation for operating a moped on a freeway where prohibited.

The fine associated with the citation is $204.

The riders' names were not released.

No injuries were reported.

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