Redcar and Cleveland Council launched the scheme last week in response to increasing concerns over children driving electric-powered toy cars. The vehicles, which cost up to 500, can pose serious risks if children do not know how to control them properly.
Mike Hall, the council's road safety officer, said, 'We have had several complaints. The most serious came from a driver who had to swerve to avoid a little lad driving the car along a main road - and his parents were walking on the pavement alongside him.'
He added, 'This is a problem all over the UK. If children think it's a real car they will try to drive it on the road. We need to educate them. At the moment, we've only had near misses, but there are accidents waiting to happen.'
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