Legal on the road and the pavement from Saturday. A menace. Keep alert. Very alert. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53219331
Bloody nuisance. I didn’t realise that they aren’t legal yet, there’s a bloke around my way with one and not only does he look like.... a grown man riding a scooter, he also zips down the pavement causing people to stand in the road or press against hedges. Ballbag.
The vehicle of choice for attention seeking, overgrown toddlers. Seeing this made me wish coronavirus had been deadly enough to wipe out the human race.
They introduced them here in Bergen over the weekend. Download an app and pay per minute I believe. So far seen kids doing doughnuts and jumps down the steps plus they just leave them everywhere. The council are not happy by all accounts today.
I've got one. Modded it to 35mph by removing the limiter. Also removed the wheel covers that makes it easier to do 360 spins off the kerb and outside mcdonalds. Added ankle slashers to the sides for pedestrians who get in my way, and an industrial air horn that plays the dukes of hazzard duh duh duh de duh der der der. It's not legal to use yet on the road but I dont care because I'd use it on the pavement anyway. Its more fun watching snowflakes get irate as i aim directly for them. The flamethrower for the front is being delivered from Korea as I type. Eat my dust mother f******
You say that: Yet the article says that: Just another example of your appalling reading comprehension ability?
Always hated them.... but if you work or commute into London, with Coronavirus I think they’re now necessary and will help a lot of people avoid public transport.
Probably because I also read this article which states that it will be possible to ride them on pavements. https://news.sky.com/story/e-scooters-to-be-allowed-on-uk-roads-as-nationwide-ban-lifted-12018346 Maybe there is some doubt or the BBC is referring to the current situation, but quite why you have to be such a massive t!t about it is beyond me. I don’t write about you in that way, other than just then when I called you a ‘massive t!t’. Please post politely and then I won’t have to call you a massive t!t again.
Did you even "really" call me a "massive t!t" in a derogatory sense anyway? Surely what you "really" were referring to was that I somehow resembled a large version of one of these endearing fellas: So clearly no offence was meant and in turn I shan't be taking any.
I hope the BBC article is correct (and I was wrong), but I suspect we will see them on the pavements a lot. They will be parked there. We were in Stockholm last year where there are well used schemes. Stockholm has some quite wide pavements and lots of cycle paths, but we saw two collisions between scooter riders and pedestrians in a weekend. The scooters litter pavements as they run on the basis of just drop them wherever. I would worry about scooters in the UK because of the narrowness of many streets and pavements.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53253194 Blind charities concerned about the damage that infantalised morons on e-scooters can do.
If e scooters are a nuisance, the problem isn't the scooters it's our road systems. People don't need cars to go 1 mile, the amount of land and tarmac we dedicate to cars is insane. Though still think e bikes are better - proper sized wheels not dangerous piddly ones
Much as I agree about overuse of cars lm, how much fun will an e-scooter be in a January rain/slush/sh*te weather day?
Used one when I was in Brussels over New Year's, I was quite surprised by the speed they picked up and can see the benefit of them if it means less cars on the road.
E-scooters: Sister of six-year-old boy who had skull fractured by teenage rider calls for under-21 ban. http://news.sky.com/story/e-scooter...teenage-rider-calls-for-under-21-ban-12287604
The amount of people using them here to get home after the pubs shut is insane. Witnessed now atleast three serious looking head wounds that have required the ambulance service over the last four weeks.
I can see the benefits of e-scooters and they actually look quite fun. I have a few problems with them though: Lack of noise E-scooters are completely silent. Good for the fight against noise pollution but very dangerous when you can't hear them coming up behind you. Wlaking around London, I've had e-scooter riders flying past me from just a foot or two away. What if I decided to change direction in the middle of the path? Yes, they would have gone flying into me and hopefully done themselves a nasty injury, but I would probably also have been injured in the process. Road safe If riders are using them on pathways and roads, why don't they come with bells attached? Bells are the simplest and cheapest warning signal. They don't cost much and they can help to avoid very nasty accidents. Conclusion I actually worry about my parents. They're quite old now, and a collision that would give me a few bumps and bruises might well put them in hospital or worse. IMO, the law definitely needs to be changed to ban these e-scooters from public pathways or if this isn't possible, make manufacturers sell them with bells or warning signals attached.
Cifriana has one of these and has had it for about a year. She only goes very slow and stately 'Queen of Sheba' style at about 3mph down the pavement, but if anyone comes the other way, she stops and gets off.
Do bikes have motors? Age limit wouldn't work anyway. Plenty of kids riding about on their parents accounts to get around the fact you must upload a picture of your license
Or sort out our infrastructure to let people have options other than a car. I've seen them in cities in Europe work great.
I doubt they will prove to be an alternative to cars, more likely an alternative to foot or bicycle. IMO they can only work if very strictly controlled, subject to the rules of the road and they shouldn’t be allowed on pavements at all.
I'm all for them. But it will accelerate our country's descent into being a nation full of fat bastards.
YouTube has lots of videos of larger gentlemen road testing scooters beyond their recommended durability.
Because I searched about scooters before starting the thread to see what daft things people were doing and noted that this (payload carrying) is an issue in scooter land. To be fair it is in the bike world too. Hefty mountain bikers are always concerned that landing a jump will buckle a wheel.
I had one about 25 years ago. It was designed to be used to get workers around huge factories. I used it to take my son to prep school. Great fun! I chucked it on a skip a couple of years ago. In cities they're ideal
Nothing wrong with electric scooters as such, just 99% of the tools riding them. imho they should not be allowed on the pavement unless as a mobility aid (not a fat bar steward aid) and they should require a provisional licence (at the very least) and insurance to be used on the road like any other powered vehicle. The fact that they're electric rather than fossil fuel powered shouldn't make their legality different to anything else. Round meister manor it's generally kids weaving down the middle of the road blocking traffic for fun. I'm fitting a cow catcher to the front of the meistermobile.
