Electric scooters.

[DCLane]

This morning coming into Leeds a modified electric scooter passed me (I was doing approx. 20mph). Lights, etc but the rider was wearing Currys clothing and riding on a dual-carriageway.

Not a good look for their company.

 

[classic33]

This morning coming into Leeds a modified electric scooter passed me (I was doing approx. 20mph). Lights, etc but the rider was wearing Currys clothing and riding on a dual-carriageway.

Not a good look for their company.

Advertising(Costs a fortune these days) where you can buy one?

 

[DCLane]

Advertising(Costs a fortune these days) where you can buy one?

It was one of these should you wish to purchase: https://www.currys.co.uk/products/zinc-velocity-electric-folding-scooter-black-10224693.html

 

[classic33]

It was one of these should you wish to purchase: https://www.currys.co.uk/products/zinc-velocity-electric-folding-scooter-black-10224693.html

Problem following the link,

They must be flying out the doors.

Better things to spend money on than something that can't be used.

 

[Jenkins]

This morning coming into Leeds a modified electric scooter passed me (I was doing approx. 20mph). Lights, etc but the rider was wearing Currys clothing and riding on a dual-carriageway.

Not a good look for their company.

Don't remember seeing any branded clothing, but I was having breakfast at the Holiday Inn on the A65/Kirkstall Road a few weeks ago and watched a scooter rider in the bus & cycle lane keeping up with the fast moving traffic.

 

[midlife]

Problem following the link,
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They must be flying out the doors.

Better things to spend money on than something that can't be used.

Link works for me £699.99, not cheap....

 

[classic33]

Link works for me £699.99, not cheap....

My money will stay with me.

 

[DCLane]

TBH I can see the point of them. And wouldn't mind one, once the legalities are sorted out. They make sense as an urban transport option, getting people out of cars.

Had another one behind me this evening on the road home. No lights, dark clothing on a dark road - I could hear the buzz from it though.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I've seen quite a few of these things being ridden by no (or tiny hard to see) lights and dark clothing lately. Yes, I know some will say for argument sake that if you couldn't see them how then DID you see them, but I only spot them when they're so close, so if I had to slam my brakes on I'd still hit them. Then my main concern would be about who's going to pay for the dent in my car being fixed, not how the unlit, illegal rider is.🧐

On the subject of unlit idiots, last night a dope smelling chav, complete with Rottweiller on a lead passed me on his bike, on the pavement. He approached from behind with me only seeing him and 'Tyson' as they passed me very closely. To cap it all I saw chav let Tyson have a big dump further down the road and chav just rode off with Tyson and left the steaming mess for someone else to deal with, or worse stand in!! 🧐

 

[captain nemo1701]

It was one of these should you wish to purchase: https://www.currys.co.uk/products/zinc-velocity-electric-folding-scooter-black-10224693.html

I went in my branch to look at digital cameras (everything on their website has been 'out of stock since, like, May) and saw that they have nice little 'genderised' escooters, pink for girls, blue for boys along with an incorrect notice that says you should obey local bylaws. Er...there is no local by-law that I am aware of that lets you ride them in public, so misleading. I anticipate some parents caving into 'little Johnny' who begs for one this Xmas.

 

[icowden]

along with an incorrect notice that says you should obey local bylaws. Er...there is no local by-law that I am aware of that lets you ride them in public, so misleading.

Yep. And this is why the Government needs to get its finger out and update the Road Traffic Act. Actually enforcing the law around e-scooters is largely pointless due to their ubiquity and the fact that some are legal. It's a mess and the law is out of date.

 

[classic33]

Yep. And this is why the Government needs to get its finger out and update the Road Traffic Act. Actually enforcing the law around e-scooters is largely pointless due to their ubiquity and the fact that some are legal. It's a mess and the law is out of date.

Only those that are involved in the trials are legal, no others are. And if you're not in one of those areas, using one of those e-scooters, you're breaking the law.
There are no grey areas in this.

 

[captain nemo1701]

Only those that are involved in the trials are legal, no others are. And if you're not in one of those areas, using one of those e-scooters, you're breaking the law.
There are no grey areas in this.

Unfortunately we find ourselves living in a selfish arrogant culture where the 'I want to be free to do what I please' attitude comes into effect over escooters so its 'F*** the law'. And yes, the escooter close-calls I've had are mainly phone-using chavs not blasted looking where they're going.

 

[KnittyNorah]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-63874621

Why should we even need to be warned about an illegal vehicle invading what is (supposedly) pedestrian-safe space? This is just enabling illegality through lateral movements ...

 

[andy0001]

I bought one a couple of years ago, about 6 months before they were banned, i was using it to and from the station plus on back roads in london, then had a cab pull out on me, i swerved, went down hard and cracked a couple of ribs, sprains to wrist and ankle, decided to go back to cycling, feel a bit more in control of a bike. they are good fun but people who ride them don't seem to ride them sensibly, i had extra lights, helmet, hi vis top etc, most people had headphones on(this bugs me with cyclists too) it's a bit of a weird thing that you can hire one to use on the roads of london but can't ride your own.