Edinburgh crime: Police arrest man caught illegally riding e-scooter on Edinburgh bypass
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According to police, the rider was pulled over on the A720 between the Sheriffhall roundabout and Old Craighall.
Electric scooters, or e-scooters, are currently illegal to use in public places in Scotland - including roads, pavements, parks, town centres, and promenades. The only place you can legally use an e-scooter is on privately owned land with the landowner’s permission.
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Hide AdAs such, the e-scooter was seized by officers and the rider was cautioned and charged with numerous road traffic offences.
Posting about the incident on X (formerly Twitter), Road Policing Scotland wrote: “#DalkeithRP stopped the rider of this e-scooter on the A720 between Sheriffhall and Old Craighall!!
“The e-scooter was seized as a production and the male rider was cautioned and charged with numerous road traffic offences”.