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To review the regulations surrounding Mobility Scooter usage and liabilty.

Submitted on Thursday 18th July 2019

Published on Wednesday 31st July 2019

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 6th November 2019

Signatures: 1,025

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To review the regulations surrounding Mobility Scooter usage and liabilty.

Petition Details

Currently in the UK, there is no legal requirement to have insurance or training to own/operate a mobility scooter. There is no identification of a mobility scooter/driver if an accident is caused removing all liability. The aim is to prevent future incidents involving mobility scooters occurring.

Additional Information

Since 2012, there have been over 200 (reported only) accidents of mobility scooters (Source: DfT STATS19), with no legal requirement to have insurance, training or for the scooter/driver to be identifiable.
As a motorised vehicle, once an accident has occurred, the incident is investigated under the Road Traffic Act 1988.
A government (Department of transport) commissioned market study (completed in 2014 - Research Institute for Consumer Affairs) so an constant increase in the number of users.


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