PETITIONRejectedPetition · petition.parliament.uk
Make privately owned electric scooters legal to use in public
In the UK, electric scooters are illegal to use on public roads and footpaths. The council have them available for public hire, to use in public completely legal. We want the government to change this law, so the people that use them responsibly can use their own.
Last fetched 03 May 2026 · petition.parliament.uk
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Government response threshold (10,000) · 7/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 7/100,000
Background
If a privately owned electric scooter and a council hired scooter ride along side each other in public, the police can enforce the law against the privately owed scooter, by seizing it, yet the council version is allowed to continue the journey as it is legal.
We are requesting that this law should be amended, so all privately owned electric scooters are legal to use in public, with the common sense of being responsible.
A law with this agenda does not belong in our great country.