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Where you are allowed to ride an e-scooter rented as part of a government trial, how to travel safely, licensing guidance and the rules of the road.

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 hadnt 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 Worceste...

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 ...

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 sons 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...