From: a24061a@ducksburg.com 
  
 On 2025-08-07, billy bookcase wrote: 
  
 > 
 > "Mark Goodge"  wrote in message 
 > news:952a9kt6l0g5j440saeuilmfuvkpffrb5j@4ax.com... 
 > 
 >> 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. 
  
 I'm surprised. I thought (from previous discussions here) that 
 "mechanically propelled vehicles" and "motor vehicles" were legal 
 synonyms. 
  
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