Rejected petition Ban electric scooters from our pavements

To make pavements and pedestrian walkways safe again for all; to protect our elderly and more vulnerable members of society. Although there are laws around the use of E-scooters, they are being driven on pavements illegally by many teenagers who show little consideration for pedestrians.

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To police our pavements where possible to discourage and educate electric scooter users and to enforce the law. To enforce electric scooter users to wear crash helmets on our roads.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

As riding an electric scooter on a pavement is already illegal, it is unclear what further action or actions you would like the Government to take. You can find out more about this here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48106617 and here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/e-scooter-trials-guidance-for-users#where-you-can-use-a-trial-e-scooter

You may wish to sign these petitions which call for related actions: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/581833
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/586376

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 18 May 2021
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