AN E-SCOOTER seized in Worcester will be crushed after it was used illegally. It has led to West Mercia Police reminding the public that e-scooters are subject to the same rules as other motor vehicles other than in areas where they are part of a government trial. Rider of this e-scooter on a road in Worcester clearly hadn t read the guidance on where he could use it! The scooter was seized and will end up being crushed. 21625 #pleasereadtherulespic.twitter.com/to8ZjlxPy5 OPU Worcestershire (@OPUWorcs) May 23, 2021 Worcester is not one of the regions part of the pilot but nearby Redditch is, meaning different rules apply.
A stunned homeowner woke up to find over 100 e-scooters outside his house - after it was made an official parking spot without him knowing
Baffled Shane Clarke, 60, opened his front door on Saturday morning to find an e-scooter pile-up outside his property in a posh suburb in Bristol.
Retired medic Shane said people had been leaving some Voi scooters outside his house at the top of Elm Lane off Whiteladies Road for a while.
But he suspects other locations may have been removed from a list of designated scooter parking spots from an official app.
He thinks his house is now the only option to leave scooters in the area.
What are the current rules electric scooter rules in the UK? (Yui Mok/PA) E-scooters were back in the headlines yesterday after a dangerous driver was prosecuted in Bolton for riding one after a driving ban.
34-year-old Kyle Lowthian was spotted using the Qings Wing electric scooter, which he claimed to have bought for his son s birthday, by a police officer on Outwood Road, Radcliffe at 11.10pm on November 18 last year. At the time Lowthian was already banned from driving following a police chase on August 9 last year. Yesterday (21 April), he was sentenced at Bolton Crown Court and given 10 months in prison, suspended for two years during which he will have to participate in a thinking skills programme and three days of rehabilitation activities.