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Electric Bicycles: Road Traffic Offences

Commons · Question 58081 · Tabled 6 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 11 Jun 2025

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Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 55226 on Electric Bicycles: Road Traffic Offences, whether her Department has considered the use of (a) technology and (b) certification systems to help identif

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 11 Jun 2025

While the Department has not considered the detail of the technology required, any such system for certifying or registering e-cycles would likely be both costly and complex to administer and enforce. There is also the possibility that some people may be ...