🚨 Parents: Thinking of Buying Your Child an E-Scooter? Read This First! 🚨

🚨 Parents: Thinking of Buying Your Child an E-Scooter? Read This First! 🚨

With Christmas and birthdays approaching, e-scooters are often high on children's wish lists. However, many parents are surprised to learn that privately owned e-scooters are illegal to use on public roads, pavements, cycle lanes and other public spaces.

✅ They can only be used on private land with the landowner's permission.

⚠️ If a privately owned e-scooter is ridden in public, the rider could face: 

🚔 A fixed penalty notice
🚔 Points on their driving licence (or future licence)
🚔 Seizure of the e-scooter
🚔 Possible prosecution if involved in a collision

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 What Parents Need to Know 

✔️ Check the law before purchasing an e-scooter
✔️ Have a conversation with your child about where they can legally ride
✔️ Encourage the use of a helmet and other safety equipment
✔️ Remember that riding on pavements can put pedestrians, young children and elderly residents at risk.

💬 We've spoken to a number of young people and parents who were simply unaware of the legislation. By understanding the rules and sharing this information, we can help keep everyone in our community safe.

🚲 If you own an e-scooter, make sure you know where you can legally ride it.

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#EScooters #RoadSafety #CommunitySafety #NeighbourhoodPolicing #StaffordshirePolice 🚔🚲💙