E-scooter rentals are being trialled in certain areas of the UK at the moment. The current locations you can legally rent and ride an electric scooter are as follows:
The rules for private e-scooters have not changed. It is against the law to use a privately owned e-scooter. If you use an e-scooter illegally:
Do you think all electric scooters should be legal to ride in the UK?
You can read more about electric scooters on the Gov.uk website - E-scooter trials: guidance for users - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/e-scooter-trials-guidance-for-users#trial-areas
- Bournemouth and Poole
- Buckinghamshire (Aylesbury and High Wycombe)
- Cambridge
- Cheshire West and Chester (Chester)
- Copeland (Whitehaven)
- Derby
- Essex (Basildon, Chelmsford, Colchester and Clacton)
- Gloucestershire (Cheltenham and Gloucester)
- Great Yarmouth
- Kent (Canterbury)
- Liverpool
- Milton Keynes
- Newcastle
- North and West Northamptonshire (Northampton, Kettering, Corby and Wellingborough)
- North Devon (Barnstaple)
- North Lincolnshire (Scunthorpe)
- Norwich
- Nottingham
- Oxfordshire (Oxford)
- Redditch
- Rochdale
- Salford
- Slough
- Solent (Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton)
- Somerset West (Taunton)
- South Somerset (Yeovil, Chard and Crewkerne)
- Staffordshire (Stafford and Newcastle-Under-Lyme)
- Sunderland
- Tees Valley (Hartlepool and Middlesbrough)
- West Midlands (Birmingham, Coventry and Sandwell)
- West of England Combined Authority (Bristol and Bath)
- York
The rules for private e-scooters have not changed. It is against the law to use a privately owned e-scooter. If you use an e-scooter illegally:
- you could face a fine
- you could get penalty points on your licence
- the e-scooter could be impounded
Do you think all electric scooters should be legal to ride in the UK?
You can read more about electric scooters on the Gov.uk website - E-scooter trials: guidance for users - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/e-scooter-trials-guidance-for-users#trial-areas