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Recommendation 17
17
Accepted
Paragraph: 101
Should privately-owned e-scooters be legalised, the Government should ensure that the law clearly prohibits the...
Recommendation
Should privately-owned e-scooters be legalised, the Government should ensure that the law clearly prohibits the pavement use of e-scooters, that there are robust enforcement measures are in place and that such measures are effective in eliminating this behaviour.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government agrees that if e-scooters are legalised, pavement use would remain prohibited, consistent with existing law that reserves pavements for pedestrians.
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Paragraph Reference:
101
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted
The Government agrees with this recommendation. Although no decisions have yet been made about whether to legalise e-scooters and will only be determined once evidence from on-road trials is analysed, should the government choose to legalise this new mode in the long run, pavement use would remain prohibited. The law is clear that with only a few special exceptions (such as speed limited mobility scooters), the pavement should be reserved for pedestrians and not used by vehicles, including cycles. This should remain the case if e-scooters are legalised. The Department, working with local authorities, should closely monitor the trials to determine whether any problems are developing with scooters being left on pavements as ‘street clutter’. If so, the Department will need to trial and evaluate whether stronger regulation to specify where users must deposit rental e-scooters after their journey is effective in eliminating these problems. This ought to be done before making a decision on whether to legalise rental e-scooters on a more permanent basis.
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