Private e-Scooters use to be legalised on Public Roads

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

e-Scooters should be made legal to use on Public Roads as a greener way of commuting to save the environment. For short distance travel (e.g travel to store, park, friend or place of work) I would prefer to use scooter rather than car.

Thoughout major cities in the world e-Scooters became very popular mode of transport for leisure and commuting. There are concerns regards safety, however introducing limit speeds for this type of transport would be safe alternative type of transportation.

Setting scooter speed lit to 15mph on roads and bike lanes, would not disturb other vechicle users, and would quite safe to use.

To possibly extend that to pavements so it could be safely used, speed limit on pavements could be set to 8mph.

Why it was rejected

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

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Since you started your petition the Government has launched a consultation for legalising rental e-scooter trails. You can find out more about the Governments proposals here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/legalising-rental-e-scooter-trials-defining-e-scooters-and-rules-for-their-use/legalising-rental-e-scooter-trials

Timeline

16 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
4 Aug 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 4 Aug 2020

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