Metropolitan Police says officers will no longer seize e-scooters if they are ...
Police are accused of going soft on e-scooters menace as Britain's biggest force says officers will no longer seize the vehicles if they are being ridden illegally Met will only confiscate e-scooters from repeat offenders or when necessary The move has been slammed by MPs and campaigners who call them death traps The Met has seized 3,637 privately-owned e-scooters so far this year Tory MP Peter Bone said the new approach to enforcement 'beggars belief'
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Britain's biggest police force will no longer routinely seize e-scooters being ridden illegally on public roads.
The Met will instead confiscate them only from repeat offenders or when ‘necessary to keep the public safe’ – a move that was slammed by MPs and campaigners who branded the vehicles ‘death traps’.
The force has seized 3,637 privately-owned e-scooters this year, but anyone stopped while riding one illegally will now have the law explained to them rather than see their scooter immediately seized.
Britain's biggest police force - the Metropolitan Police - will no longer routinely seize e-scooters being ridden
