A man could be disqualified from driving after being charged with operating an electric scooter while impaired.Adam Petty, 25, pleaded not guilty in Magistrate’s Court yesterday to the charges of impaired driving and driving with excess alcohol in his system.The prosecution told the court that Mr Petty, of Woodbourne Avenue, Pembroke, was stopped by police on Woodbourne Avenue on July 14 while operating an X-treme electric scooter.The defendant described the vehicle as an “electric toy scooter”, specifying that it is battery-powered.According to the X-treme Scooters website, their electric scooters can have engines ranging in size from 100 to 600 watts.The most powerful engines can reach top speeds of around 37kph, while the smaller ones reach a maximum of around 15kph.Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner said the law states that impaired driving charges only apply to the operation of a motor car or an auxiliary cycle.But under the 1954 Auxiliary Bicycles Act, two-wheeled electrically-propelled vehicles qualify as auxiliary cycles.If Mr Petty is found guilty of the impaired driving charges, he could have his licence revoked, disqualifying him from driving any vehicle.Mr Petty also pleaded not guilty to the use of an auxiliary cycle while the cycle was unlicensed and without third party insurance.Mr Warner adjourned the case until September 18.