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 On 7 Aug 2025 20:02:01 GMT, Roger Hayter  wrote: 
  
 >On 7 Aug 2025 at 08:27:45 BST, "Roland Perry"  wrote: 
 > 
 >> Things like this have been discussed here before, so I should know the 
 >> answer. But not completely sure. 
 >> 
 >> Vehicle in question is a quite small powered wheelchair, the sort with a 
 >> batteries under the seat. Not a mobility scooter as such. 
 >> 
 >> No numberplate, no lights, no wing mirrors, and I'm not sure what they 
 >> have as brakes. 
 >> 
 >> Anyway I encountered one yesterday motoring along near the local High 
 >> Street, just far enough from the kerb to avoid drain covers, but 
 >> nevertheless very wobbly. Doing about 5mph. 
 >> 
 >> I'm a big fan of provisions for manual wheelchairs, and wouldn't expect 
 >> to push one in the road like that (although presumably it would as legal 
 >> as walking with or without a wheelbarrow). 
 >> 
 >> What does the team think about that powered chair? 
 > 
 >It's clearly not one of those specifically permitted to be used on the road. 
 >But what offence might he be committing by using it on the road? 
  
 It would be an offence under the Construction and Use regulations, whatever 
 applies to using a vehicle which isn't street-legal. I don't think it would 
 be specific to a mobility scooter. 
  
 >Could any 
 >bicycle or electric scooter offences be relevant? It is not a motor vehicle 
 so 
 >he doesn't need a licence. 
  
 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. 
  
 Mark 
  
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