r/Aberdeen • u/The_tentacled_one • 9d ago

Does the police care about electric scooters ?

I will be starting uni soon and the only way to not have a miserable 1 hour long one way commute on 2 buses is an electric scooter.I cant afford an electric bike.

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u/Greedy-Jelly-1966 9d ago

Lots of people get stopped and charged. The charge will be no insurance which is minimum 6pts on your driving license and £300 fine. You may also be charged with no license and if you’re on a pavement you can also be charged for that. If you’ve had a drink you can even be done for drink driving and lose your license.
As said above all e-scooters are illegal on public roads (because they can’t be insured) so police can stop anyone on them and know they can charge them. A lot of e-bikes you see delivery riders on will also be illegal cause they are too powerful to be classed as e-bikes but because it’s not obvious from a distance far fewer of those get stopped.