Campaigners have called for a performance against mopeds with the help of student plates, because it appears that companies offer the vehicles for rent from just £ 7 a day.
MailOnline revealed how L-boards are routinely used by drivers that work for collection devices, so that they can work full-time without having to endure a test.
A further investigation has shown a series of companies that offers a moped rental at prices for bargains, with advertisements that promised promising customers as delivery couriers that they can go 'immediately'.
Everyone older than 16 can ride a moped after following compulsory basic training (CBT), a one -day course that costs no telment between £ 110 and £ 200.
While instructors can refuse Register a certificate to anyone who has not completed all parts of the training or consider them unsafe, the fitting rate is usually high – 84 percent according to the latest available statistics.
Hugh Bladon, of the Alliance of British drivers, said that the ease with which 'non-qualified' moped riders could start working as a full-time delivery people 'Extraordinary'.
“They can't just take an L-plate,” he told MailOnline. 'You also wonder what the insurance situation is – do they have good insurance and do someone check?
“Someone must get a grip from this. There are people who roam around with very little idea of the Traffic Act and that can be dangerous. '
A row of mopeds used by the mantle of food delivery drivers outside McDonalds in Clapham, Southwest London, on Monday – all of which have L -Plates
Two moped riders depicted using L-Plates yesterday afternoon in Wood Green, North London
Campaigners have called for a performance against collection drivers who ride mopeds with student plates. The vehicles are offered for rent from just £ 7 per day
The average costs of a legal moped in the middle range are around £ 2,400, according to Auto Trader, which can bring them out of reach for people without savings.
But there are enough available for rent, where many companies are specifically aimed at the food deliverers in their marketing.
One company – SKA Motors – Advertising of mopeds for rent for only £ 60 a week including motor and road tax, while a second, VIP -Luxe driver, charges £ 66.
In both cases, riders should buy extra insurance if they want to use the vehicles for business purposes.
A third, Scoots Hire, has a head figure of £ 7 a day for a Honda Vision 50cc 'Delivery Bike'. Riders are advertised with London Food Delivery Insurance for £ 6.04 per day, and take the total price just above £ 13.
There is no suggestion that one of these companies is doing something wrong, because it is completely legal to hire a moped as long as you have a valid CBT certificate and insurance – including business insurance if you drive commercial.
However, campaign feeders are concerned that the combination of lax requirements for new mopeds and cheap rental prices causes a problem for other road users.
Official figures show 188.125 CBT certificates were issued in the financial year 2023 to 2024 and 104,900 in the financial year 2024-25 to September.
According to Auto Trader, the average costs of a legal moped in the middle range are around £ 2,400, but there are plenty available for rent, where many companies are specifically aimed at food deliverers in their marketing
Another company praises their service for £ 66 per week and references delivery apps Uber Eats, EAT and deliver alone
Campaigners are concerned that the combination of lax requirements for new moped riders and cheap rental prices creates a problem for other road users
The number of L-plates on this line of mopeds that were shown yesterday in Wood Green, North London, shows how wide they are used by delivery stores
A delivery person who wears items from a supermarket to their moped in Wood Green, yesterday
Almost every moped driver depicted by mailonline in Wood Green yesterday had an L-plate
The mopeds have become a favorite of Food app delivery because of their lightweight design so that they can weave and easily park in and out of traffic, as well as ultra low costs
A line of delivery drivers' mopeds in North London, which almost all have an L-plate on shown
The L-plates can easily be obtained by having a provisional license and then following a mandatory basic training (CBT) to get a certificate
It has been reported that some rental companies offer mopeds to drivers for only £ 7 per day
Four drivinggies of the delivery of the delivery of food apps parked side by side, all attached to L-plates
Internet forums are full of people who brag about how easily they found the training, so that drivers then only need a test within two years
A Deliveroo driver is at his moped, who, like many of his colleagues, contain the red student L-boards
Internet forums are full of people who brag about how easily they found the training, with one writing on Reddit: 'I did mine in less than two hours.
'An hour drive around a parking space and then 40 minutes on the road. Never driven or even had a pedk before that. '
Official figures reveal 248 serious injuries caused by accidents involving mopeds (categorized as an engine under 50cc with a maximum speed of approximately 30 mph) in Great Britain in 2023. Two of them led to deadly victims.
Although these figures turned out to be in comparison with serious incidents with cars (27,211) or motorcycles with an engine of more than 50cc (5,582), the presence of so many drivers who have never tested their capacities.
Steve McNamara, general secretary of the recognized taxi drivers association, said MailOnline: 'It is a crazy situation in which we have people who work as professional drivers, who simply do not have the right qualifications and level of training that are needed to work safely.
Proponents of stricter regulation of mopeds can also indicate their use by criminals, most notorious telephone and luxury handbag thieves active in London.
In the meantime, scammers in which moped riders are involved deliberately against other vehicles for fake insurance claims that have risen fourfold.
From August 2024, 4,000 people have been the target of 'Crash for Cash' schedules in the last three years, according to fraudulent claims received by 21 insurers.
A number of delivery scooters parked in Clapham, London, with the vast majority with L-boards
In this admission, all three mopeds with L-platforms await a food app outside for a delivery
Delivery drivers are in McDonalds in Clapham waiting for their next order to arrive
An L-plate moped driver passes yesterday past a pedestrian who crosses the road in Wood Green
A driver on a moped with L-plates wears a Deliveroo box when they make their way through traffic
Some drivers wear designer clothing for delivery companies such as normal food
Campaigners have called for rules regarding the use of L-boards to sharpen
Direct Line's Intelligence Manager Sarah Cashford blamed the 'exponentially massive increase' for this kind of scam on new hourly pay-as-you-go insurance policies that are ushered for delivery people.
The policy makes it easier for scammers who act as couriers to insure their mopeds without paying high annual premiums.
A DVSA spokesperson said: 'Road safety is our absolute priority and compulsory basic training must be completed by all new riders to get the basic skills and knowledge on the road.
“Once they have completed the training, students on the student-legal motorcycles and scooters are allowed to drive a maximum of 2 years while they practice for a full moped or motor test.”
