Are kids on electric scooters legal?

Several of our neighbours kids have had electric scooters for Christmas,they are whizzing up and down our road.One of them hit my car yesterday and damaged the door.The parent is apologetic but says they are not insured!should they be using them on the road at all? Should I report them to the police

Here's the deal. It depends on where you live. Find out if scooters are "street legal" in your area.

no they made the stupidest law possible

He damaged the car of course you can report that. They should pay for it no matter what...if they refuse take them to court and sue them.

for gods sake they not gonna come with a V5 MOT and tax are they! they like bikes do they have insurance? I feel sorry that one of them hit your car, you could take them to court and probably win but you cant really do anything about it.

Scooters and the law has not been finalised yet .... mobility scooters have to be registered .... if the children have damaged property its a criminal offence and the police should be calledas it is "criminal damage" .... insurance might be covered by the owners home policy, but check the wording

bit of a bummer make the parents pay for it!

Some stuff of the Internet:

"I have an electric scooter and I want to ride in on the public road, is it legal for road use?"

No. Vehicles must be approved via ECWVTA or MSVA in order to be licensed and registered. Electric scooters would not currently meet the requirements of these schemes so are not legal for road use.

"I have been riding an electric scooter on the public footway (pavement) outside my house, have I committed an offense?"

Yes. It is an offense under section 72 of the Highway Act 1835 to ride or drive a vehicle on the pavement.

"Where can I ride an electric scooter?"

You can only ride an unregistered scooter on land which is private property and with the landowner's permission. The Department would advise that appropriate safety clothing should be worn at all times.

"I have seen people using electric bicycles on the road without registration. Why are they permitted but a scooter is not?

Bicycles are covered by different rules to those applying to Scooters. Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles must meet the requirements of the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles Regulations 1983. Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles that conform to these regulations are considered to be pedal cycles and as such are allowed to use cycle facilities such as cycle lanes on the road and cycle tracks away from the road which other powered vehicles are prohibited from using. A Scooter does not meet these requirements as it cannot be pedaled.

Talk to your local community liaison police officer about a visit to talk to the children and parents. Just calling the local police number is unlikely to be constructive.

Get two quotes for the damage to your car and ask the parents of the child to meet the costs of the lesser quote - whether they have insurance or not is not relevant. You can then advise them if they wish to attend a small claims court if they do not wish to pay. You can also advise that their house insurance may cover the costs.

Before doing so determine the likely costs of retaliatory actions by the neighbor - are they likely to put a brick through your window, which will cause more damage than the damage to your car? Is your car worth repairing or is this just annoying? etc etc

If they're not insured I doubt it's a legal situation.
By all means report them to the Police, but I have a feeling little will be done - if anything.

no. i think you need some sort of licence. one boy got fined for riding his without a licence

Call your police office and ask them.. I would hold the parents responsible because if they got it for the kids they should teach them how to ride it and they should be more then willing to pay for damage that there kids make..

It is illegal in the US without a license

Report them to the police. The parents are responsible for any damage that their offspring commit whilst riding these machines....as far as I know, if the youngsters are under 14, then they are committing an offence by riding them on the highway.

no they aren't legal

I know that in Britian they want to make them illegal. They are basically little motorcycles for kids. Yes, call the police - these kids need to be more responsible, and I read that the police were going to count any accidents or tickets the kids get NOW against them when they get a driver's license - so in some cases, they might not even be eligible for one if they did enough damage with the scooters.

Besides, they can't afford car insurance but they can afford spending a few hundred on these scooters? Time for them to get their priorities in order - they are required to have insurance.