Recommendation 12

HM Government · verbatim extract Accepted

The Government agrees. When considering what an appropriate maximum speed for e-scooters in trial areas should be, the Government looked at speed limits applied overseas and also consulted national stakeholders. The general view was that a maximum of 15.5mph was appropriate. However, the Government has made clear to local authority trial areas and their e-scooter operators that local knowledge should be applied to determine where speeds below this maximum should apply. For instance, in busy city centres or particularly contested pieces of road space where multiple road users come together. Trial areas have used their knowledge of local geography and specific local features to agree speed limits below the maximum based on this approach. And local areas are able to work with their operator/s to use geo-fencing technology to introduce variable maximum speed limits accordingly. In responding to this Report, the Department should clarify how it intends to monitor whether e-scooters during the rental trials are being ridden on pavements and the number of users penalised for this offence and that it has evaluated and identified effective measures to eliminate such antisocial behaviour.