Police seize E-scooter and E-motorbike in Fleetwood for no insurance
‘The e-motorcycle was not road legal’
Fleetwood Police have seized an e-scooter and an e-motorbike being used by a delivery driver.
Both vehicles were seized for having no insurance and will be destroyed.
Fleetwood Police said: “Consistently, one of the biggest concerns raised to us by you, the local community, is road safety - specifically concerns around the use of E-scooters and E-bikes.
“Despite very public media campaigns and plenty of education, people still continue to break the law and put themselves and other road users at risk.
“Apparently the advert for the E-motorbike said it was road legal, it wasn’t!
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“In the last 12 months E-bikes, E-scooters and electric dirt bikes have all been involved in fatal collisions in Lancashire and nuisance bikes are one of the most reported issues by the community to the police. Please make sure you know the laws.
What are the laws?
You can ride an electric bike, or an 'electrically assisted pedal cycle' (EAPC), without a licence or insurance if you're 14 or over.
But it need to comply with the following:
- must have pedals that you can use to propel it
- can have more than two wheels, for example a tricycle
- must have an electric motor that can run continuously at a maximum power of no more than 250 watts
- must have no electrical assistance once you reach 15.5 miles per hour (mph)
If your electric bike fails to meet any of these requirements it needs to be taxed and insured as either a motorcycle or a moped.