Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 8392

Electric Scooters: Safety

Tabled: 9 October 2024

Answered: 17 October 2024

Question

Mike Reader

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to require that e-scooter (a) trials and (b) permanent schemes are run in away that (i) protects pedestrians from people riding on pavements and (ii) ensures safe

Answer

Simon Lightwood

As you will appreciate, the new Government is still in its early stages, and I am carefully considering next steps for the e-scooter trials and wider micromobility rental and what legislative changes may be required in future. However, road safety is a to...

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