E-scooters to be allowed on public roads

[Drago]

A trial scooter rode past us on the footway as I walked mini D to school this morn.

Mini D knows the lad, says he's 14. So he's riding otherwise jn accordance with a licence, driving other than in a road, driving without insurance, taking without owners consent, and if some adult signed up to the app and gave him access they've have committed the offence of use, cause or permit.

Not even old enough to ride a legal scooter yet and they're proving the upcoming generation cannot be trusted with these things.

 

[Drago]

C5...escooters...all this technology purely to avoid physical exercise . No wonder obesity is a problem.

Indeed. They not "enabling micro mobility" as is glibly claimed. Anyone with working feet already has micromobility.

They are perpetuating laziness and embedding unhealthy habits at an early age.

 

[icowden]

Not even old enough to ride a legal scooter yet and they're proving the upcoming generation cannot be trusted with these things.

Nope, they are proving that there is no point shutting the door once the horse has bolted.

Rules should have been established years ago when these things were first coming out and being sold as toys. Now it's too late to try and put them back in the box.

 

[PK99]

Nope, they are proving that there is no point shutting the door once the horse has bolted.

Rules should have been established years ago when these things were first coming out and being sold as toys. Now it's too late to try and put them back in the box.

no its not. Confiscate and crush any and all seen in public use

 

[icowden]

no its not. Confiscate and crush any and all seen in public use

That'll be music to the ears of many solicitors - hey presto! a class action for compensation.

 

[Electric_Andy]

The people making the decisions are clearly not thinking ahead, and it looks like the government want to keep car ownership as high as possible to make all they can from fuel duty before there are no ICE cars left.

I don't see alternative transport as lazy; people lead busy lives and don't always have time to walk. And don't always have time to cycle (e.g. to work). The crunch point comes when different types of powered vehicles are forced to use the same roads e.g. cars and scooters, one with high speed and high protection, the other with low speed and low protection. It would take a lot of building e.g. making cycle/scooter only lanes on main routes (with protection such as hard barriers), and people would just have to push/walk between these main routes much like you'd do if using the over/underground in London.

The majority of illegal scoots/ebikes I see on my commute are using the cycle lanes, but doing so sensibly. Maybe that's why the police don't bother them. It's the ones who race around the high street and residential areas who are more of a problem for me, such as blasting through mini roundabouts at 25mph when they should be yeilding.

But as time goes on, I don't really think that e-scooters are a bad idea as long as there is some element of training, identification and responsibility

 

[Drago]

That'll be music to the ears of many solicitors - hey presto! a class action for compensation.

Crush the Solicitors too!

 

[fossyant]

We've had a 'elf and safety email round at work. No charging your e-bike batteries in the office due to the obvious fire risks (they are looking into safe charging lockers). Also no e-scooters on the property as they are illegal in use.

With this in mind, I contacted them as there is a home brew 'e-bike/low rider/chopper' in the bike shed every day. I saw it being ridden this morning - definitely not pedalled (you couldn't). H&S are looking into this as it's both illegal, and a really dodgy home brew battery affair with two big batteries cable tied onto it and lots and lots of wires.

Seeing that we had a 'normal' car go on fire a few months ago, which has still left a number of parking spaces cordoned off within the multi-storey car park. I'd be miffed if my bike went up with this home brew rubbish.

 

[postman]

As we all know there is a loud cars against cyclists,but why are we not hearing cars again e scooters,who in my umble opinion break more road rules than any other form of transport.

 

[Alex321]

As we all know there is a loud cars against cyclists,but why are we not hearing cars again e scooters,who in my umble opinion break more road rules than any other form of transport.

Probably because they are too new and not enough of them around yet.

Once there are as many of them ariound as there are cyclists, we will be hearing very similar stuff, I'm sure.

 

[PK99]

As we all know there is a loud cars against cyclists,but why are we not hearing cars again e scooters,who in my umble opinion break more road rules than any other form of transport.

That's because e-scooterists do not have a superior, entitled, holier-than-thou attitude to all other road users motorised or on foot.

Cyclists, as a Class, on the other hand.....

 

[classic33]

As we all know there is a loud cars against cyclists,but why are we not hearing cars again e scooters,who in my umble opinion break more road rules than any other form of transport.

Wait while there's more on the roads as opposed to the pavements. On the pavements e-scooters probably aren't seen as a problem by drivers as "they're out of the way".

Watch for them down near the bus station entrance, and see how much the two get on with each other.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

We've had a 'elf and safety email round at work. No charging your e-bike batteries in the office due to the obvious fire risks (they are looking into safe charging lockers). Also no e-scooters on the property as they are illegal in use.

With this in mind, I contacted them as there is a home brew 'e-bike/low rider/chopper' in the bike shed every day. I saw it being ridden this morning - definitely not pedalled (you couldn't). H&S are looking into this as it's both illegal, and a really dodgy home brew battery affair with two big batteries cable tied onto it and lots and lots of wires.

Seeing that we had a 'normal' car go on fire a few months ago, which has still left a number of parking spaces cordoned off within the multi-storey car park. I'd be miffed if my bike went up with this home brew rubbish.

I issued the two e-bikers at work with a plug in timer with the strict instruction that their bike was not to be charged at work unless the timer is used and set to three hours max and that the bikes were not to be left plugged in overnight. Any breaches and the bike will not be allowed on the premises.

 

[Drago]

We presume the plug inmtimers have been PAT tested? Could be awfully embarrassing if they caught fire!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

We presume the plug inmtimers have been PAT tested? Could be awfully embarrassing if they caught fire!

no need to when brand new. A visual inspection for obvious damage is fine, though they will periodically be pat tested. I think we do every 3 years.