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over a year ago
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"I was behind a goon on an E scooter todayriding as bold as brass holding up traffic on the public highway with no helmet and earphones in his ears. What should be done about this?"
Natural selection hopefully will deal with it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I was behind a goon on an E scooter todayriding as bold as brass holding up traffic on the public highway with no helmet and earphones in his ears. What should be done about this?"
Buy the goon a mountain bike for Christmas. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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They're a little irritating when on the pavement, but for their own safety I'd sooner they do that than try and occupy road space.
Some the of the chances I've seen em take, just left me gobsmacked |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The issue is you should have a driving license to use them as they are in the law a Motor Propelled Vehicle so the person should have some basic road sense. Though in Liverpool they mostly used by kids, who have to have been set up an account with help of parents or sibling.
The easiest way is take a few of the parents to Court and add a good 6 points to their licence and they would help the situation and have to use facial recognition every time you use one.
Other then that be patient and learn to live with them as they not going anywhere |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I was behind a goon on an E scooter todayriding as bold as brass holding up traffic on the public highway with no helmet and earphones in his ears. What should be done about this?
Buy the goon a mountain bike for Christmas."
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I was behind a goon on an E scooter todayriding as bold as brass holding up traffic on the public highway with no helmet and earphones in his ears. What should be done about this?"
You should wait until it's safe to pass.
I hope to see far more scooters and bikes on our roads and an end to this farce of pretending it's more dangerous to be on a scooter at a few mph than driving around in a huge box of metal. |
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By *WDomMan
over a year ago
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You should wait to pass safely. If it is a council approved trial scheme they should be on the road, not the pavement, so you need to get used to it.
There is no legal requirement to wear a helmet. And as for having headphones in, are you seriously suggesting you’ve never listened to the radio or music while driving?
This is basically a post saying you have more rights than another human being because your vehicle is bigger or you or somehow more important than they are. Thats not how this society works and is not how the highway code works.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"They are illegal to use in public full stop. Some councils/areas are trialling them and unless the person is on one of them then they shouldn’t be using them at all"
Exactly this. We have them everywhere round here but they are privately owned ones. They change between the road and the pavement depending on traffic etc had to pull my children out the way of a few on the pavement before. |
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By *dwalu2Couple
over a year ago
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"I was behind a goon on an E scooter todayriding as bold as brass holding up traffic on the public highway with no helmet and earphones in his ears. What should be done about this?"
Why, are they still there? Perhaps you should get out of your car and tell them what you think.
Or are they gone now? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Applaud them for helping cut emissions whilst still getting there quicker than waking.
One day, like electric cars until the electricity is green its just virtue signalling. "
Because the energy used to power one person on a scooter vs that used to transport one person in a car isn't terribly significant? |
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By *dwalu2Couple
over a year ago
Bristol |
"Good for him! Need to be more plus cyclists better for environment! Minus the headphones of course! Have to b aware of surroundings with so many inconsiderate drivers of vehicles on the roads x"
Is there any evidence e-scooters are better for the environment? From studies, they seem to be providing in most cases an alternative to walking or public transport, which implies removing a trivial number of vehicles from the streets, and less exercise. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Good for him! Need to be more plus cyclists better for environment! Minus the headphones of course! Have to b aware of surroundings with so many inconsiderate drivers of vehicles on the roads x
Is there any evidence e-scooters are better for the environment? From studies, they seem to be providing in most cases an alternative to walking or public transport, which implies removing a trivial number of vehicles from the streets, and less exercise."
Good point.
Do you think banning them will get people out of their cars and walking? |
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By *dwalu2Couple
over a year ago
Bristol |
"Good for him! Need to be more plus cyclists better for environment! Minus the headphones of course! Have to b aware of surroundings with so many inconsiderate drivers of vehicles on the roads x
Is there any evidence e-scooters are better for the environment? From studies, they seem to be providing in most cases an alternative to walking or public transport, which implies removing a trivial number of vehicles from the streets, and less exercise.
Good point.
Do you think banning them will get people out of their cars and walking?"
It seems entirely unrelated. |
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"I was behind a goon on an E scooter todayriding as bold as brass holding up traffic on the public highway with no helmet and earphones in his ears. What should be done about this?"
I don’t like them but they do play a key role in the county lines drug distribution business. The Somali and Albanian drug lords in London actively support their use. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Good for him! Need to be more plus cyclists better for environment! Minus the headphones of course! Have to b aware of surroundings with so many inconsiderate drivers of vehicles on the roads x
Is there any evidence e-scooters are better for the environment? From studies, they seem to be providing in most cases an alternative to walking or public transport, which implies removing a trivial number of vehicles from the streets, and less exercise.
Good point.
Do you think banning them will get people out of their cars and walking?
It seems entirely unrelated."
I see. As you were then 
I'm just off to drive to the bottom of the road for some milk. Wouldn't want to be seen virtue signalling. Actually fuck it I'll get a delivery, don't even need to walk to the car that way. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Oh no doubt. I'm sure you're very concerned about such things.
You'd never see anyone driving a car just to show off. And people are always so considerate in their cars, letting others out of junctions, driving considerately in busy streets, allowing pedestrians to cross, overtaking cyclists at a safely, keeping at a safe distance from other road users, never throwing their shit out of windows. Oh no. They're such a good bunch.
What we really need is more cars. |
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"Oh no doubt. I'm sure you're very concerned about such things.
You'd never see anyone driving a car just to show off. And people are always so considerate in their cars, letting others out of junctions, driving considerately in busy streets, allowing pedestrians to cross, overtaking cyclists at a safely, keeping at a safe distance from other road users, never throwing their shit out of windows. Oh no. They're such a good bunch.
What we really need is more cars. "
Indeed we do. A fantastic form of transport. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Let’s just all revert back to horseback please and thank you "
I was watching something about when horses had been the main transport in New York and the streets were literally filled with shit.
Organic shit probably. But shit. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Let’s just all revert back to horseback please and thank you
I was watching something about when horses had been the main transport in New York and the streets were literally filled with shit.
Organic shit probably. But shit."
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"Let’s just all revert back to horseback please and thank you
I was watching something about when horses had been the main transport in New York and the streets were literally filled with shit.
Organic shit probably. But shit.
Nothing wrong with a bit of manure "
Did you know that in 1900, travel ‘experts’ predicted that by 1950 Londoners would be knee deep in horse shit. They didn’t see the advent of the internal combustion engine.
Remember- an expert is a has been under pressure! |
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
East London |
Lazy man's means of travelling.
I say man's because it's mostly men and boys I see on them
Why is that I wonder. Maybe the danger element doesn't appeal to women and girls.
I suppose they work out cheaper than the bus, although,I don't know what the charging costs are, and they are less tiring to use, so more energy for work.
Next one who zooms past me on the pavement though might get pushed off. Some people are very thoughtless.
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
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"Its no worse than the vast amount of "mobesity" scooters plaguing the roads and footpaths!  "
Plaguing? Do you live in Bournemouth?
There's far men inconsiderate people on e scooters in my area than mobility scooters, and e scooters seem to go much faster and weave in and out of pedestrians by the shops.
One woman almost hit me as I went to walk into Morrisons last week. She was going to ride it straight into the shop.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Lazy man's means of travelling.
I say man's because it's mostly men and boys I see on them
Why is that I wonder. Maybe the danger element doesn't appeal to women and girls.
I suppose they work out cheaper than the bus, although,I don't know what the charging costs are, and they are less tiring to use, so more energy for work.
Next one who zooms past me on the pavement though might get pushed off. Some people are very thoughtless.
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Haven't noticed that it's mainly men in Europe.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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A mate of mine was pulling out of a jnc. When a e scooter collided with his car. He was stationary and the scooter rider was on the pavement. Damaged front wing and wheel. Police arrived. E scooter rider had no insurance claimed to be injured but wouldn’t go to hospital. Scooter was seized by police. Several weeks later mates insurance company calls up and says that the motocyclist that you hit was injured and is suing. Absolute con. Should ban them or make them all have insurance and pass a course |
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
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"Lazy man's means of travelling.
I say man's because it's mostly men and boys I see on them
Why is that I wonder. Maybe the danger element doesn't appeal to women and girls.
I suppose they work out cheaper than the bus, although,I don't know what the charging costs are, and they are less tiring to use, so more energy for work.
Next one who zooms past me on the pavement though might get pushed off. Some people are very thoughtless.
Haven't noticed that it's mainly men in Europe.
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Doesn't surprise me. Europeans tend to have a different mentality to UK citizens.
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
East London |
"Lazy man's means of travelling.
I say man's because it's mostly men and boys I see on them
Why is that I wonder. Maybe the danger element doesn't appeal to women and girls.
I suppose they work out cheaper than the bus, although,I don't know what the charging costs are, and they are less tiring to use, so more energy for work.
Next one who zooms past me on the pavement though might get pushed off. Some people are very thoughtless.
Haven't noticed that it's mainly men in Europe.
Doesn't surprise me. Europeans tend to have a different mentality to UK citizens.
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I'll do a tally next time I'm in town. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I was behind a goon on an E scooter todayriding as bold as brass holding up traffic on the public highway with no helmet and earphones in his ears. What should be done about this?"
Cyclists wear headphones and earplugs, they should also be dealt with unless they have a third ear to listen for something a bit more important…. Like traffic perhaps?
You could call 101 as they are breaking the law but there’s too many of them |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Lazy man's means of travelling.
I say man's because it's mostly men and boys I see on them
Why is that I wonder. Maybe the danger element doesn't appeal to women and girls.
I suppose they work out cheaper than the bus, although,I don't know what the charging costs are, and they are less tiring to use, so more energy for work.
Next one who zooms past me on the pavement though might get pushed off. Some people are very thoughtless.
Haven't noticed that it's mainly men in Europe.
Doesn't surprise me. Europeans tend to have a different mentality to UK citizens.
I'll do a tally next time I'm in town."
Rarely see a man on them where I am, mostly mums dropping their kids off to school, kid rides, mum walks, kids go through school gate mum rides home  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Doesn't surprise me. Europeans tend to have a different mentality to UK citizens.
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The default here seems to be 'that looks fun, how can I ban it...'
Some great arguments against them though.
They're not green.
They're dangerous.
They make people lazy.
They don't pay road tax (whatever that is?)
Criminals use them.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The issue is you should have a driving license to use them as they are in the law a Motor Propelled Vehicle so the person should have some basic road sense. Though in Liverpool they mostly used by kids, who have to have been set up an account with help of parents or sibling.
The easiest way is take a few of the parents to Court and add a good 6 points to their licence and they would help the situation and have to use facial recognition every time you use one.
Other then that be patient and learn to live with them as they not going anywhere "
That’s not entirely true, to be driven on the road they need insurance, but there’s no issuance out there for them as they are not supposed to be ridden on public roads. You can ride/ drive any vehicle on private property where there is no danger to other users, even tractors come under this |
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"I was behind a goon on an E scooter todayriding as bold as brass holding up traffic on the public highway with no helmet and earphones in his ears. What should be done about this?
Cyclists wear headphones and earplugs, they should also be dealt with unless they have a third ear to listen for something a bit more important…. Like traffic perhaps?
You could call 101 as they are breaking the law but there’s too many of them "
Not all cyclists! I ride mine daily to and from work and never have! X |
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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago
Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands |
"I think they and cyclists should have insurance and pay road tax
No such thing as road tax! X"
Shall we settle for Vehicle Tax as that is what the D V L A are asking me to pay at the end of the month. |
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"I think they and cyclists should have insurance and pay road tax
No such thing as road tax! X
Shall we settle for Vehicle Tax as that is what the D V L A are asking me to pay at the end of the month."
Is that not for amisions? If so us cyclists don't have any! Actually I do have the odd fart! X |
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Have had a few near misses with people losing control of them 
