Officers from Thames Valley Police issued more than 30 warnings to e-scooter riders during a recent operation in Slough.
Slough is one of the places currently hosting a Government-approved trial of rental e-scooters.
While the use of rental e-scooter is now legalised – it remains illegal to ride a privately owned e-scooter on public roads, cycle lanes and pavements.
Earlier this month, officers from the roads policing, road safety and neighbourhood teams joined together to raise awareness on the rules surrounding e-scooters.
Officers stopped and issued warning letters to 32 riders. The majority of these were riders using private e-scooters but a number of individuals using the rental electric scooters were also issued with warnings.
Earlier in the day, Slough Borough Council and Neuron, the rental e-scooter provider for Slough, ran a Scoot Safe event in the Thames Valley University car park to demonstrate how to safely ride an e-scooter.
PC Marcus Audoin, a roads policing officer from the Thames Valley Police and Hampshire Constabulary Joint Operations Unit, said: “From those that we spoke to, many are unaware of the rules that govern the use of e-scooters and this is why we issued warning letters rather than enforcing offences.
“If those who have been issued a warning are found to breach the rules again then enforcement action will be taken which could range from a fine to points being added to their driving licence.
“I urge anyone thinking of buying or renting an e-scooter to familiarise yourself with the rules in place about their use.”
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