‘No action’ after scooter taxi smash
MUM TOLD BOY OF 14 MAY GET POINTS ON HIS DRIVERS’ LICENCE AFTER ACCIDENT... EVEN THOUGH HE CAN’T DRIVE UNTIL HE’S 17
A MUM from Heywood who’s little boy suffered a broken leg in a shocking collision on his e-scooter has been told the driver that hit him won’t face any consequences.
Denise Carroll was even told that her 14-year-old, who suffered a broken wrist and leg in a collision in August, could face penalty points on his driving license if it is taken to court.
But he cannot start learning to drive for another three years.
She says she was also told she could not get the electric scooter back because it was seized for being ‘uninsured.’
It had first been a present bought online for her son Jamie to use on family holidays and in the back garden.
Pilsworth Road was closed for much of the afternoon, on August 24, after Jamie and his friend were injured in the crash.
Both youngsters were taken to hospital, and Jamie suffered a broken leg and wrist.
He now has to live with a metal bar in his leg while he recovers from the incident.
The Heywood mum says that officers have been ‘unfair’ and told her that her teenage son could have points added to his license as soon as he passes his driving test.
This is because he broke e-scooter laws in the UK, as a driving license is now required to rise motorised scooters on public roads or paths.
They also have to be an ‘approved’ scooter, and be ridden in one of the 32 areas trailing them.
In Greater Manchester, these areas include Salford and Rochdale.
She also claims she was told action won’t be against the taxi driver because her son broke road laws.
Emails seen by the Manchester Evening News confirm that police warned her teenager could have faced penalty points on his non-existent license if prosecuted.
She told the Manchester Evening News: “One minute he was in the garden on the scooter, and the next I got a phone call from his brother crying telling me they had been hit by a taxi.
“Witnesses told me they were not messing around or riding dangerously - but I still know it was wrong, but my children don’t know the laws.
“I have raised them to be sensible. “Either way, this should not matter. My son could have easily been a pedestrian or a cyclist, and I feel it would have been handled differently then.
“The police have even told me I am not allowed to have the scooter back, even though I am an adult with a full drivers license.”
GMP have been contacted for a comment.