From: roger@hayter.org 
  
 On 7 Aug 2025 at 21:15:32 BST, "Mark Goodge" 
  wrote: 
  
 > 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 
  
 Glad to be corrected! So powered wheel chairs are motor vehicles. Do you 
 know 
 where offences for misusing them are found? I also note that using a 
 mobility 
 scooter when you are not disabled is (with exceptions) also illegal. This 
 offence must be found somewhere. 
  
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