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By *I Two OP Couple
over a year ago
PDI 12-26th Nov 24 |
Is it time the police and the government sorted out the mess that is e-scooters
The country is overrun with illegal motorised vechiles and the police do nothing other than the odd token gesture and Facebook post.
Time to legalise them and force some sort of registration ? |
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By *eroy1000Man
over a year ago
milton keynes |
"Is it time the police and the government sorted out the mess that is e-scooters
The country is overrun with illegal motorised vechiles and the police do nothing other than the odd token gesture and Facebook post.
Time to legalise them and force some sort of registration ?"
In some areas (mine included) they are legal but only if you use the ones provided by an official company and you rent them by the minute. Seems the dangers are over looked if you use these particular machines. I know several people that have hurt themselves on them and some near misses between scooter riders and predestination. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Is it time the police and the government sorted out the mess that is e-scooters
The country is overrun with illegal motorised vechiles and the police do nothing other than the odd token gesture and Facebook post.
Time to legalise them and force some sort of registration ?
In some areas (mine included) they are legal but only if you use the ones provided by an official company and you rent them by the minute. Seems the dangers are over looked if you use these particular machines. I know several people that have hurt themselves on them and some near misses between scooter riders and predestination."
Same here.
I like the concept, good for people living in urbanised areas, or semi-urbanised suburbs with poor public transport, coupled with private transport overcharge and congestion.
But there needs to be some kind of licence permit. It's too easy for kids to get on one using someone's account and use a 'road vehicle' without understanding the law. |
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So here in Bristol there are two young guys who ride around on electric motorbikes doing mad 40mph wheelies and smoking skunk and the police don’t do anything about them - maybe the legislation doesn’t cover them? There’s also a guy who rides an unrestricted e-scooter up and down the Gloucester rd at over 40 mph going through red lights and basically not giving a shit about pedestrians or shoppers. I believe in liberty but these guys are behaving like utter dicks and the police don’t seem to want to do anything about them, it’s almost as if it’s too much trouble for them! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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E-scooters are Leagle if used on private land with the landowners permission, in public they are illegal.
in may I read they will become Leagle to rent.
I looked on Halfords website. |
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"E-scooters are Leagle if used on private land with the landowners permission, in public they are illegal.
in may I read they will become Leagle to rent.
I looked on Halfords website."
You really shouldn't get legal advice from Halfords.
E-scooters can indeed be used on closed private land (i.e. land not open to the public).
They can be used on the roads (and in bus and cycle lanes, but not pavements or pedestrian areas) if they are rented from one of the approved companies, and ridden in one of the 31 trial areas approved by the government. You must have a driving licence to ride one, and cannot cover up the registration plate.
I nearly killed someone riding one the other day. It was nighttime in a town far away from any of the trial areas. He had no lights, and was wearing black clothing. I was approaching a corner, and I only just saw him at the last second as he skipped off the kerb about 10 feet in front of me. |
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I drove through Walsall earlier this week and there was electric scooters and electric motor cross bikes on the roads overtaking cars. Something needs to be done but the police policy is that they don’t chase as it’s not safe |
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