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Third Report: E-scooters: pavement nuisance or transport innovation?
Transport Committee
HC 255
Published 2 October 2020
Government response
Third Special Report - E-scooters: pavement nuisance or transport innovation?: Government Response to Committee’s Third Report of Session 2019–21 · published 14 Dec 2020
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
Deferred
Para 51
Should the Government legalise e-scooters following the trials, users should not be required to have...
Recommendation
Should the Government legalise e-scooters following the trials, users should not be required to have a driving licence either for rental schemes or private use. This would be consistent with practice in most other places around the world.
Government Response Summary
The government partly agrees but defers a decision on driving licence requirements for e-scooter users, stating they will consider all evidence from trials before making specific decisions should e-scooters be legalised.
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Recommendation
Deferred
Para 131
While we support the Government’s desire to enable companies and users to take up this...
Recommendation
While we support the Government’s desire to enable companies and users to take up this new innovative and environmentally friendly form of transport, this should not be to the detriment of pedestrians, particularly disabled people. The Department must use these …
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Government Response Summary
The government states it will use trial data and evidence from other countries to determine appropriate e-scooter design requirements, which will inform minimum standards if privately owned e-scooters are legalised for use on UK roads.
Department for Transport
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Recommendation
Deferred
Subject to the conditions we outline in this Report being met, we believe that the...
Recommendation
Subject to the conditions we outline in this Report being met, we believe that the Department should take swift action to legalise the use of privately owned e-scooters on roads and cycle lanes. We would expect this to take place …
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Government Response Summary
The government states it will use trial data and evidence from other countries to determine appropriate e-scooter design requirements, which will inform minimum standards if privately owned e-scooters are legalised for use on UK roads.
Department for Transport
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