“In July 2019 we began seeing reports in the national news of the Metropolitan Police seizing electric scooters and dishing out fines and warnings to those riding them. It turns out that of almost 100 people stopped during their first operation, only 10 were given fines and had their scooters seized, a direct result of them either speeding or ignoring red lights and generally acting irresponsibly.”

“Having submitted FOI requests to every UK police force, he (Ed Wiles, founder of Scootered/co.uk) discovered that only City of London was able to confirm that it had seized an electric scooter. That's right, *one* scooter.”

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