Electric Scooters: Speed Limits
(asked on 17th November 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that electric scooters have a maximum speed of 20mph.
This question was answered on 24th November 2020
The Department is running trials of rental e-scooters to assess their safety and the impacts they have on the road. The regulations amend the existing legislation to treat e-scooters in trials largely like cycles and e-bikes. The e-scooters will be limited to 15.5 mph (the same as e-bikes). Privately-owned e-scooters remain illegal during trials regardless of their maximum speed.