DfT under fresh pressure over illegal e-scooters

The Department of Transport is under renewed pressure to tackle illegal e-scooter riders. Forces and councils say lives are at risk and the Met has confiscated 500.

The DfT has launched a number of pilots with private hire firms

Community leaders are again calling for the Department for Transport to make clear e-scooters are still illegal on public roads outside the government’s pilot scheme areas. Hundreds of the vehicles have been seized across the country for a...