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Scooter class

Hi all,
I have just been reading that you need to notify dvla if you have a class 3 mobility scooters.
I have a second hand celebrity deluxe and all I can find in the instructions is that it is a class b scooter. Gov site etc only refer to class 2 and 3, so could any one tell me what a class b is equivalent to please.
Thanks in advance.
I have just been reading that you need to notify dvla if you have a class 3 mobility scooters.
I have a second hand celebrity deluxe and all I can find in the instructions is that it is a class b scooter. Gov site etc only refer to class 2 and 3, so could any one tell me what a class b is equivalent to please.
Thanks in advance.
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Hi @Drubien. Welcome to the club.
If it's a Pride Celebrity scooter [now a discontinued model] it has a top speed of 6.25mph which makes it a Class 3. Sorry but the only thing that I can find is from an American site stating that Class b refers to a moped/motorcycle type vehicle with an internal combustion engine, hardly a mobility scooter in UK terms.
Class 1…...manual wheelchair
Class 2…."pavement" scooter top speed 4mph. Not allowed on the road except when there is no footpath.
Class 3….larger scooter with top speed over 4 but no more than 8mph. These have extra fittings to be road legal and need to be registered with DVLA.
Hope this helps.. happy and safe scootering,
Best wishes.
DLTBGYD
It has got lights and indicators and, when new was capable of 6mph (now top speed is 4.1mph). I'll contact the dvla and ask for a ruling. Better safe than sorry.