AN e-scooter was seized and will soon be destroyed by police after officers found it being ridden by a young person in Tidworth.

The e-scooter was confiscated by special constables from the Specials Road Safety Unit last Thursday evening (September 11).

Although legal to own, privately-owned e-scooters can only be ridden on private land with permission from the landowner.

This excludes them from being ridden on public roads, pavements or in parks.

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“Please remember that it is illegal to ride an electric scooter in a public place unless in an official trial area where the e-scooters are hired with the correct insurance,” a police spokesperson said.

“There are currently no trial areas in Wiltshire.

“Those seen riding them illegally risk having it seized under the Road Traffic Act and as they are impossible to insure, you won’t get it back.”

The officers on patrol also encountered one person using a mobile phone while driving, and one incident of careless driving.

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