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Not fake news Neale, it's the government geting in a twist again, On the same day as your link, 30/6/20 they published this for the rental operators on the trial: " 3.1 Vehicle design: current position An e-scooter will continue to fall within the statutory definition of a motor vehicle. We...

This is also being done occasionally here now, one even in the cul de sac outside where I live, but it's not common. That was done by a contractor to the council. .

It will be a block insurance for all their scooter hires. .

No, see this post just above. .

Yes to 15.5 mph for the trial, but a firm NO for pavement use, either for the trial or future intentions. The 12.5 mph limit maybe for any future law, the government preferrring that since it's already a common European standard. .

Yes, and with 350 watts on the scooter. However, this is only for the trial, the government prefers a 12.5 mph scooter speed limit for any future law and this is out for a public consultation. .

A year or so ago the government got tough on this with councils after they'd woke up to pointlessness of them filling the same holes every winter and then yelling for more money next time. Since then higher repair standards have become more common and some civil contractors have been...

Indeed, they have their own agenda, which mainly consists of the easiest to ticket. .

He wonders what to call it, but he already has that answer in the USA and now used here in Europe also. It's a Quadricycle, a name Henry Ford invented in 1896 when he named his first car based on bicycle parts. Here in Europe a Quadricycle is legally a light motorised four wheeler like the...

As Nealh and Wheeliepete say above, traffic police are very hot on illegal number plates, especially since ANPR cameras were introduced. .

Indeed, and the silliest thing of all about out position on fish is that we don't and can't eat all we catch. We have to sell most of it to EU countries. The dog in the manger fable springs to mind. No, there result would have been Remain. Polls indicated it swung that way very firmly...

No problem, the questions keep me on my toes and brain working, important in my mid eighties. You know the saying, use it or lose it. .

It is in the UK. Oddly only two EU countries adopted this EU regulation, France and the UK, and it's now incorporated into UK law through the 2019 Great Repeal Bill to prepare for EU departure. .

Maybe, I only know of other flexible ones, including longer frame mount ones, but they all seem to disappear from the market. .

There are several relevant aspects: First this is DfT guidance so not the law, and the DfT have been known to get their guidance wrong in the past. Note that this conflicts with their previous guidance saying use and not fitment and the use of button and/or switch is confusing In a court...

No, that one plugs into the end of the handlebar adding to its length. I suppose you could fabricate a frame tube to mount it on. .

These have existed previously - information link .

Probably the only law that can apply is obstruction, but the police are very tolerant on this. A few decades ago we had an eccentric older chap who had a light scaffolding frame around his bike like the outlines of a shed and rode it in London's rush hour traffic to make cars keep their...

Yes. Some pedelecs sold as legal have had gross powers (consumption) of 1000 watts and nett powers far above half that. One popular pedelec like that in the previous decade was owned by 38% of our members declaring their bike model! .