Escooter blocking drive

MouldyOldDough

Woke up this morning to find an Escooter dumped on the drive

I thought that they had GPS trackers on them - to allow the company to tell where they were and to charge the renter, until they were returned to a proper parking spot ?

They annoy the hell out of me anyway !

If someone had dumped a car / motor vehicle, on the drive - it would have been reported to the council

"Currently there is no regulatory framework specifically for e-scooters, so they tend to fall within the legal definition of a “motor vehicle” as they have an electric motor.

The Road Traffic Act 1988 defines a motor vehicle as “any mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads”. This covers a variety of personal transport devices which are mechanically propelled:"

So - should I report this escooter to the council ?

kazwookie

Yes report to council.

Also does it have a phone number on it, if so ring that as well

MouldyOldDough

kazwookie said:

Yes report to council.

Also does it have a phone number on it, if so ring that as well

Am I not allowed to stick it in the rubbish bin then ?

I have informed the company by email and given them 24 hours to remove it !

photome

Why not just move it on to the pavement and forget about it. 

Why do you think you can bin it. Would you do that with anyone else property

Alanp

Tell them you’ll sell it on eBay, I bet they will soon be round to collect it…

MouldyOldDough

photome said:

Why not just move it on to the pavement and forget about it. 

Why do you think you can bin it. Would you do that with anyone else property

Yes I would - if someone dumped a spare tyre or similar on my land - which often happens here !

If Someone trespasses on my property - they pay heavily for this misdeed

MouldyOldDough

Alanp said:

Tell them you’ll sell it on eBay, I bet they will soon be round to collect it…

How much do you reckon I'd get for it ?

Any idea how to remove the tracker from it ?

DB1904

MouldyOldDough said:

Woke up this morning to find an Escooter dumped on the drive

I thought that they had GPS trackers on them - to allow the company to tell where they were and to charge the renter, until they were returned to a proper parking spot ?

They annoy the hell out of me anyway !

If someone had dumped a car / motor vehicle, on the drive - it would have been reported to the council

"Currently there is no regulatory framework specifically for e-scooters, so they tend to fall within the legal definition of a “motor vehicle” as they have an electric motor.

The Road Traffic Act 1988 defines a motor vehicle as “any mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads”. This covers a variety of personal transport devices which are mechanically propelled:"

So - should I report this escooter to the council ?

Why the council, is it their property?

TooManyPoints

If someone had dumped a car / motor vehicle, on the drive - it would have been reported to the council

And they would have done nothing about it:

Is it illegal for someone else to park on your driveway? | RAC Drive

Someone parking on your drive commits trespass. This is a civil matter. The police and local authorities have no powers to remove a vehicle parked without permission on your drive. Damage the car deliberately and you commit criminal damage. There was an article in the press a few weeks ago where somebody had parked their car on a stranger's drive near Manchester airport and went away for a few days:

Stranger leaves car on family's driveway near Manchester Airport for DAYS - Mirror Online

Just shift the thing out your way and move on.

dil1976

All a bit OTT just simply move it onto the pavement. No need to come on the internet to kick up a storm over nothing is there

ontheroad1970

MouldyOldDough said:

Alanp said:

Tell them you’ll sell it on eBay, I bet they will soon be round to collect it…

How much do you reckon I'd get for it ?

Any idea how to remove the tracker from it ?

If you sold it, that would make it theft as you would be depriving the rightful owner of the ownership of it.