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		Rental e-scooters to be made legal on UK roads from Saturday (bbc.co.uk)
		8 points by Pick-A-Hill2019 on June 30, 2020 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

tonyedgecombe on June 30, 2020 | [–]

Privately owned e-scooters remain illegal on roads.

I don’t understand why they have chosen this route. Are they expecting to reverse this decision at some point?

tetsuto on June 30, 2020 | [–]

However the execution will be tricky. So far electric bike hire doesn’t appear to have succeeded that well in London (Hackney at least).

Very much hoping this works better!

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