at a depot in the midlands, thousands of pounds worth of e scooters are being chopped into pieces. if one of these is on your christmas list, it could be seized and destroyed if you re caught riding it in the wrong place. privately owned e scooters can only be used on private land, with the land owner s consent. currently, the only e scooters you can ride on public highways are rental ones from approved operators, which are part of a government trial operating in 32 areas of england. mate, just pull over there. and the police are out and about looking for illegal e scooter use. £600, totalling £1200 for the two of them, and i think they re brilliant. steven crowley from birmingham bought his own e scooter. he s walking with it, so isn t doing anything wrong on this occasion. when you bought it, were you told about where you could use it? no, not really. but, you know, in the same breath, you re not going to
with the landowner s consent. currently the only e scooters you can ride on public highways are rental ones from approved operators, which are part of a government trial operating in 32 areas of england. mate, pull over there. and the police are out and about looking for each illegal e scooter use. £600, £1200 for the two of them and i think they re brilliant. stephen crowley from birmingham bought his own e scooter. he s walking with it so isn t doing anything wrong on this occasion. when you bought it were you told about where you could use it? no, not really, but in the same breath we didn t enquire, so we wasn t really interested, but what gets me a little bit just finding this out, why they should be allowed to sell something you can t use. stephen says the rental scooter trials can confuse people into thinking personal devices can be used in the same way, and he s not alone in calling for retailers to be much clearer about the rules when they re selling them.
currently, the only e scooters you can ride on public highways are rental ones from approved operators, which are part of a government trial operating in 32 areas of england. mate, just pull over there. and the police are out and about looking for illegal e scooter use. £600, totalling £1200 for the two of them, and i think they re brilliant. stephen crowley from birmingham bought his own e scooter. he s walking with it, so isn t doing anything wrong on this occasion. when you bought it, were you told about where you could use it? no, not really. but, you know, in the same breath, you re not going to you know, we didn t inquire. you know, so we wasn t really interested. but what what gets me a little bit, just finding this out, they shouldn t be allowed to sell something that you can t use. stephen says the rental scooter trials can confuse people into thinking personal devices can be used in the same way. and he s not alone in calling for retailers to be much clearer about the rul