From: billy@anon.com 
  
 "Mark Goodge"  wrote in message 
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 > Class 2 and 3 invalid carriages are motor vehicles. That's why they're 
 > subject to C&U when used on the carriageway. But they're also one of the 
 > categories of motor vehicle whch is explicitly permitted by legislation to 
 > use a footway or cycleway. 
  
 quote: 
  
 Memorandum from the Department for Transport (MOB 09) 
  
 1.  Introduction 
  
 1.1  This evidence is submitted for the Transport Committee's inquiry into 
 mobility scooters. 
  
 4.3  In terms of the law, most road traffic offences do not apply to 
 mobility scooters because they are defined as "mechanically propelled 
 vehicles" and not as "motor vehicles". Therefore a mobility scooter user 
 cannot be prosecuted for most motoring offences. However it is possible 
 that a person injured by a mobility scooter could take out a claim for 
 damages or personal injury. 
  
 :unquote 
  
 https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmtran/414/414we11. 
 htm 
  
 That was from 2009. A cursory check didn't suggest any changes. 
  
  
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