These two slides were developed to support police and other enforcement agencies’ staff training processes, to help prevent inappropriate seizure of Disabled people’s mobility aids.
As of October 2026, we are aware that the slides are being used in Cytech training for police forces involved in enforcement including against illegal e-motorcycle use.
Contents of slides in HTML format below
Recognising Mobility Aids
- Many Disabled people use mobility aids for essential movement indoors and outdoors.
- Different Disabled people use different mobility aids for different purposes. All the pictures below show Disabled people using mobility aids.
Do not seize or remove Disabled people’s mobility aids
Wheels for Wellbeing recommend: Never seize or remove a Disabled person’s mobility aid, except when essential for safety, such as in situations where you would physically restrain a non-disabled person and for emergency assistance
- Ride-on mobility aids that aren’t cycles or EAPCs are regulated as “invalid carriages”. Different laws have different definitions of “invalid carriages”.
- In the Road Traffic Act 1988, an “invalid carriage” is any vehicle made for a Disabled person with unladen weight 254kg or less.
- “Invalid carriages” may not be seized under RTA1988 s165A.
Wheels for Wellbeing are a Disabled People’s Organisation and registered charity number 112095 working to improve Disabled people’s access to mobility. We provide expert training and consultancy services. We are not lawyers and do not provide legal advice.
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