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speedfighter23
post Sun, 24 May 2020 - 19:31
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Was thinking of buying an electric scooter to use on short journeys in London.
I know the law will change soon, but where do we stand currently?

If a Police officer is in a bad mood, can they stop me and write me a ticket for no insurance?


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Mad Mick V
post Mon, 25 May 2020 - 17:29
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I thought I put that bit in bold.

This, of course, is the Act they use when you wheel a push bike on the pavement. So unless there is a specific exemption, like a motorised wheelchair, anything which carries a passenger is fair game.

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post Mon, 25 May 2020 - 18:06
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QUOTE (Mad Mick V @ Mon, 25 May 2020 - 18:29) *
I thought I put that bit in bold.

This, of course, is the Act they use when you wheel a push bike on the pavement. So unless there is a specific exemption, like a motorised wheelchair, anything which carries a passenger is fair game.

Mick

You need to concentrate on the words of the section, not the section heading.


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post Mon, 25 May 2020 - 18:09
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QUOTE (Mad Mick V @ Mon, 25 May 2020 - 18:29) *
I thought I put that bit in bold.

This, of course, is the Act they use when you wheel a push bike on the pavement. So unless there is a specific exemption, like a motorised wheelchair, anything which carries a passenger is fair game.

Mick

The bit in bold is the heading: the nuisance is defined in the body of the text.

Essentially, the footpath is for proceeding on foot, and anything else is a nuisance.
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nigelbb
post Wed, 27 May 2020 - 06:11
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QUOTE (stamfordman @ Mon, 25 May 2020 - 10:12) *
Get a cycle instead. One of those folding ones if necessary. I've been doing a lot of cycling in London and it's easy and lots of cycle lanes now.

I've seen a lot of people now with electric bikes but I can't see the point unless you are not physically fit.

I walk a few miles every day at work so I'm not unfit but getting an electric bike after being so impressed after hiring one last year has been an absolute revelation. My partner & I are cycling far longer & further without getting hot sweaty & knackered so there is much more incentive to use the bikes so we go out cycling more often as it's more fun. The amount of assist you use can vary from almost none to a helluva lot (useful if you are tiring on the way home).

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