Petition · past parliament

Allow the use of small personal electric transport devices on public pavements

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

We want personal electric vehicles such as electric longboards, self balancing scooters (hoverboard/swegway) and other commuting devices allowed on public pavements throughout the UK. These will promote people to get public transport or commute via no fossil fueled vehicles.
PEV (personal electric vehicles) such as the self balancing scooter allow us to commute to work without the aid of fossil fuel powered vehicles, are cheap to run, safe and fun.

They also supplement the use of public transport as a "last mile" device, as they can be carried on board a bus/train by hand (taking up significant less space than a bicycle) and then used to complete the last mile of your journey the public transport doesn't cover.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

13 Oct 2015 Petition opened for signatures
15 Oct 2015 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 15 Oct 2015

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.