ride on mower and law

LoveCoke

Is a ride on mower a vehicle and what legislation, if any, covers the placing of these on a public road or footpath by business selling them? Is it the local council that have authority with this. As far as i understand it is Road Traffic Act/ traffic warden but how do you deal with an unregistered vehicle?

EDIT This http://www.allianz.ie/Other_Products/Schools/School-Insurance/Ride-On_Lawn_Mowers/ says they are mechanically propelled vehicles under Road Traffic Act and should have insurance when on a road Does that mean an insurance disk

Victor

LoveCoke wrote: »

Is a ride on mower a vehicle and what legislation, if any, covers the placing of these on a public road or footpath by business selling them? Is it the local council that have authority with this. As far as i understand it is Road Traffic Act/ traffic warden but how do you deal with an unregistered vehicle?

EDIT This http://www.allianz.ie/Other_Products/Schools/School-Insurance/Ride-On_Lawn_Mowers/ says they are mechanically propelled vehicles under Road Traffic Act and should have insurance when on a road Does that mean an insurance disk

Mechanically propelled vehicles need tax, insurance, driving licence and where appropriate an NCT to be used on a public road. Parking is part of use.

Unregistered vehicles can be towed, although in this case, I imagine the council or Garda just needs to get the shop owner to stop what they are doing.

Parking on a public footpath is illegal, but some areas of footpath may actually be private.

I imagine, yes, they should have a tax disk.

Depending on the particular vehicle, it might not be street-legal at all. Many ride-on 4x4s don't have a differential axle and so aren't allowed on roads.

pk82

Might be of some use:

http://www.bporco.ie/live/newstalk/756.html

Similar to what your Allianz links states

LoveCoke

Is it traffic warden duty?