Section 189 — Road Traffic Act 1988: Certain vehicles not to be treated as motor vehicles.

Certain vehicles not to be treated as motor vehicles. 189 1 For the purposes of the Road Traffic Acts—

a a mechanically propelled vehicle being an implement for cutting grass which is controlled by a pedestrian and is not capable of being used or adapted for any other purpose, b any other mechanically propelled vehicle controlled by a pedestrian which may be specified by regulations made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section and section 140 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, and c an electrically assisted pedal cycle of such a class as may be prescribed by regulations so made, is to be treated as not being a motor vehicle.

2 In subsection (1) above “ controlled by a pedestrian ” means that the vehicle either—

a is constructed or adapted for use only under such control, or b is constructed or adapted for use either under such control or under the control of a person carried on it, but is not for the time being in use under, or proceeding under, the control of a person carried on it.