Just been to Morrison's this morning where what looked like a normal scooter but on very thin tyres whizzed silently up to the entrance to the store. The girl riding it had a cycle helmet on. Lots of shoppers stared and one or two spoke to her about her, obviously electric, scooter.
Nice one.
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Like this?
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Tim{P}
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Taken from the advert...
Road Legal for Ages 14+
All of our Synergie range of powered scooter style bikes are classified as bicycles and are road legal ready to go on UK roads with the advantage of:
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No Driving Licence,
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No Road Tax,
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No helmet required (but we highly recommend wearing one!),
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Able to be ridden by anyone age 14 upwards,
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Insurance not legally required.
Can these thererfore be ridden by a disqualified driver???
Must be a better option than a horse (or dog) and cart!!!
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pmh (was peter)
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The following extract has been taken from the Avon and Somerset Constabulary Website who regularly issue warnings on the illegal use of miniature motorbikes, etc.
Recently, our local TV news station (BBC Points West) included an item showing Police seized mini motorbikes being destroyed by cutting into several pices with an angle grinder.
What does the law say?
The courts have decided that motorised scooter, electric or petrol driven and variously described as gopeds, buzzboards or electric scooters are motor vehicles for the purposes of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and cannot be used on the highway or other place to which the public have access. This will include pavements and parks.
They may be used on a road if they are type approved to the EU standard E/92/61. The machine should be stamped with the type approval number, which should start with E/92/61. The retailer should be able to show you a copy of the certificate of conformity. If the machine is not stamped it will not be type approved and cannot be used other than on private property.
If if is type approved it will be regarded as a moped and the usual requirements regarding crash helmets, tax, insurance and driving licences apply. The majority of these machines are not type approved.
What about electrically assisted pedal cycles?
Electrical assisted pedal cycles can be ridden on the highway by someone over the age of 14 years provided they have pedals to propel it, the electric motor power output does not exceed 0.2 kilowatts (or 200 Watts) and the electric motor is incapable of propelling the cycle when it is travelling at more than 15 miles an hour.
What about invalid scooters?
They are catered for in the Use of Invalid Carriage on the Highway Regulation 1988. This legislation exempts mobility scooters used by people suffering from some disability from road traffic legislation. Class 2 scooters are restricted to 4mph and can be used on footpaths and to cross roads, but should not be used on roads. Class 3 scooters are restricted to 8 mph and can be used on the road, but must be fitted with a switch which the driver operates to restrict it to 4mph when used on the pavement.
What about electrically propelled toys?
What is or isn't a toy is a legal minefield and the Avon and Somerset Constabulary will apply common sense before enforcing the law.
The general principles of the Toys (Safety) Regulations 1995 make it clear that a toy has to be safe for a child to use in the circumstances for which that toy was intended. A child is under 14 years of age for the purpose of the regulations.
A small electrically propelled copy of a car for a 5 year old which is capable of just 4 or 5 miles an hour is clearly a toy. The vast majority of electric scooters offered for sale are not toys.
an electrically propelled toy must carry a CE mark somewhere on it. But just because it has a CE mark does not guarantee it is a toy
How fast does it go? If it is too fast or unstable for a child to use safely then it would fail the Toys (Safety) Regulations. If it is capable of travelling any faster than a brisk walking pace of 5 mph (8 kph) then it will be regarded as a motor vehicle if used in a public place
If a saddle is fitted and its maximum height is more than 435mm then it cannot be a toy
What is the power output of the motor? 100 watts or more could easily propel a micro scooter with a child on board significantly faster than 5 mph so it will not be a toy.
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Have to say I think I cd drive one of these but wdn't feel too cool.
The cool thing, which I know for sure I couldn't drive, shot down the road in front of me on the corner of Park St Camden Town and Regent's Park one day perhaps eight years ago, a skateboard driven at some speed by a small screaming model aircraft engine, controlled by a single bowden cable from a trigger device in the driver's hand.
Now that was cool.
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