Electric Bicycles
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the number of illegal high-powered electric bikes.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood
E-bikes can only be legally used on the roads where they comply in full with the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle Regulations 1983.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency have market surveillance powers to tackle the supply of e-bikes, including modified e-bikes, where users are being deliberately misled about where such vehicles can and cannot be used.
In addition, the police have the power to seize such vehicles where they are used on the road under Section 165A of the Road Traffic Act 1988. This is because they would be being ridden without insurance.
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