E-scooters to be allowed on public roads

[HLaB]

Police havr started seizing electric scooters and illegal e-bikes in Leicester city centre.

If it is anything like Pottyboro they will be very busy. I'm still in two minds about e'scooters. It gets cars off the road potentially but they are a complete hazard at times 😵‍💫

 

[captain nemo1701]

If it is anything like Pottyboro they will be very busy. I'm still in two minds about e'scooters. It gets cars off the road potentially but they are a complete hazard at times 😵‍💫

They have made no difference at all to congestion here in Bristol.

 

[ianrauk]

The peak for E-Scooters here in SE London seems to have passed a couple of years ago when I used to see them all over the place. See very few now.
Hooky e-bikes and Lime bikes have taken over.

 

[mjr]

I've seen the plod do the same in London, but only very sporadically.

There was a recent crackdown in Norwich. Even Green Party councillors joined in the pile-on in the press. Doubt there will be any noticeable reduction in private e scooters and fast e bikes when I next visit.

 

[Electric_Andy]

I'm glad they are being seized somewhere. Sounds like Police aren't really stopping them on the fly, but rather setting up dedicated seizure operations, which is better than nothing, but I don't see why they can't just seize every one they see at any time

 

[Drago]

Difficult to stop on the fly if the sheetbags don't cooperate and most bobbies aren't trained or authorised to pursue two wheelers because the little darlings might fall off and hurt themselves and that then somehow becomes the bobby's fault.

 

[captain nemo1701]

The metro mayor here recently renewed the contract so we've now got them fly-tipped everywhere - including ebikes just dumped (literally dropped in the street). Sick of 'em. I reported one abandoned on the Railway Path & it took a week to get recovered.

 

[Electric_Andy]

Difficult to stop on the fly if the sheetbags don't cooperate and most bobbies aren't trained or authorised to pursue two wheelers because the little darlings might fall off and hurt themselves and that then somehow becomes the bobby's fault.

I can understand that with 4000W ebikes, but most scooters aren't that fast are they? I guess it's the same principle though, how do you safely stop someone who's doing 20mph on a wobbly scooter.

 

[Drago]

I would argue that it's the riders duty to stop safely and any bad news that comes their way as a result of ignoring a lawful instruction to stop, which osmitself an offence, is of their own making alone. Sadly, Couldn't Prosecute Savile think different.

 

[mjr]

The metro mayor here recently renewed the contract so we've now got them fly-tipped everywhere - including ebikes just dumped (literally dropped in the street). Sick of 'em. I reported one abandoned on the Railway Path & it took a week to get recovered.

If it's anything like past hire schemes in the fens (allegedly), drivers are probably fly tipping them to try to get them banned!

 

[Bristolian]

They have made no difference at all to congestion here in Bristol.

In general, I think the people that use the eScooters and eBikes appear to be of the younger generation who never drove to work anyway hence no reduction in traffic generally. We have a scooter and bike parking area just around the corner from me in Filton and it is mostly UWE or SGS College students that hire them.

 

[Bristolian]

I'm glad they are being seized somewhere. Sounds like Police aren't really stopping them on the fly, but rather setting up dedicated seizure operations, which is better than nothing, but I don't see why they can't just seize every one they see at any time

Let's face it, with the reduction in Police numbers they're never going to give this any priority.

 

[Drago]

As time goes by I'm finding it harder to resist throwing such abandoned trial scooters in the local pond.

 

[mjr]

As time goes by I'm finding it harder to resist throwing such abandoned trial scooters in the local pond.

What have the ducks done to upset you?

 

[Bristolian]

As time goes by I'm finding it harder to resist throwing such abandoned trial scooters in the local pond.

I completely sympathise with your sentiment