EV LAW

10/03/2025

E-SCOOTER INCIDENT

E-Scooters are currently not permitted to be ridden on the public highway (roads) or pavements.

The male rider of the e-scooter was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, where medical staff describe his condition as critical.

22/02/2024

This is illegal currently in the UK outwith of the trial areas, but even if -scooters were approved for use as micro-mobility vehicles, this type of manoeuvre would not be seen as safe at any time.

Motorists looked on in 'disbelief' as the manoeuvre played out on Forfar Road.

23/01/2024

https://www.eta.co.uk/2024/01/22/e-scooters-now-road-legal-in-ireland-is-the-uk-next/

Interesting article confirming the legality of using e-scooters on the public highway in Ireland.

E-scooters are now road legal in Ireland in a change to the law that will treat them in a similar way to bicycles. In common with e-bikes, riders of

08/12/2023

BLOG: E-SCOOTERS - NAVIGATING THE LEGAL CHALLENGES AND CONCERNS

New regulations have been introduced in England requiring hirers of rental e-scooters to provide their full name and driving licence number.

https://ow.ly/cKjR50QgJKv

07/12/2023

Very sad. If anyone has any dashcam footage which may help the Police, please contact them.

https://news.stv.tv/north/women-found-dead-in-aberdeen-home-after-city-e-scooter-crash

The 43-year-old's body was discovered a week after she was involved in a collision while riding an electric scooter.

08/11/2023

No new laws for e-scooters were mentioned in yesterday's King's Speech, meaning legislation would be delayed.

The government has promised to extend existing trials till May 2026.

No mention of legislation on e-scooters in the King's Speech but trials will be extended to 2026.

03/11/2023

Recorded data from e-scooters being ridden in 2 European cities and also in Tel Aviv showed that 93% of the time e-scooters are ridden on roads and cycle lanes.

When e-scooter users did ride on the pavement, three-quarters of the time it was due to road and infrastructure conditions.

E-scooter company Dott is using AI-powered cameras to study people’s use of their scooters.

14/07/2023

DfT has announced plans to create a new Low-Speed Zero Emission Vehicle (LZEV) category, which has the aim of encouraging the growth and adoption of light electric vehicles while maintaining safety standards. E-scooters will be the first vehicles to be included in their own sub-category.

https://evlaw.scot/article/dft-contract-to-define-e-scooter-regs

The UK’s TRL (Transport Research Laboratory) has won a Department for Transport (DfT) technical research contract, supported by WMG at the University of Warwick, to establish what the future technical requirements for e-scooters should be.

16/05/2023

It's good to see Green mobility campaigners, CoMoUk, exert some pressure on Mark Harper, Transport Secretary, to undergo a swift overhaul of public transport legislation to enable the wider rollout of shared scooter services.

The UK is the only developed nation without permanent legality for e-scooters.

http://ow.ly/iMH550Oo4Kg

UK government accused of 'lagging behind' in delivery of new legislation after 'successful' shared e-scooter trial by CoMoUK

16/03/2023

NEWS
5 leading E-Scooter firms team up to produce a 'best practice' guide for cities.
https://evlaw.scot/article/best-practice-guide-for-cities

12/01/2023

NEWS: E-Scooter Micro-mobility association publishes first-of-its-kind incident data involving shared e-scooters.

https://evlaw.scot/article/shared-e-scooter-incident-data

15/12/2022

Planned laws (part of the Transport Bill) to legalise private e-scooter use on public roads face lengthy delays.

https://evlaw.scot/article/legalisation-delays