Electric Bicycles: Road Traffic Offences
Commons · Question 55227 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the powers the police have to prevent the use of illegally modified electric bikes that do not conform to regulations on roads.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 9 Jun 2025
Ministers and officials meet with their counterparts on a regular basis and discuss a wide range of topics.The police have powers under the Police Reform Act 2002 to deal with vehicles being used anti-socially and under the Road Traffic Act 1988 to deal w...