THIS is the moment a person was captured riding an an e-scooter on the hard shoulder of a busy Oxfordshire road. 

A motorist, who has asked not to be named, managed to record the rider on their dash cam while driving on the A34 northbound on Wednesday.

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They said they were driving around 1.5 miles from the Pear Tree interchange at 9.40am when they saw a person riding an e-scooter.

The dash cam footage shows the rider wearing a helmet, on the left side of the road.

It is against the law to use a privately owned e-scooter. If you use an e-scooter illegally:

  • you could face a fine
  • you could get penalty points on your licence
  • the e-scooter could be impounded

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