Increase in seizures of illegal ebikes

[ebikeerwidnes]

The train has bolted and the horse has left the station some time before its stable door was slammed. Like it or not ebike is now being used as an umbrella term. All we can do is insist the media be precise about the terms they use. Some hope.

It is the bets word for using in headlines

Pedelec is just not zingy enough
and EAPC just doesn;t make a decent word

but I agree - things would be much better if we had a decent word for legal ebikes

 

[Drago]

We do - ebikes.

Anything above and beyond is an emoto, or moped/motorcycle if you're old fashioned.

Getting the media, etc, to understand that the moment you furtle an ebike it is no longer actually an ebike at all is surprisingly difficult.

And it seems a phenomenon unique to ebikes. An IED is never referred to by the media as an illegal ice cream tub full of illegal nitrate fertiliser, diesel and carbon. A prison firearm isnt referred to as an illegal cigar tube. No,they refer to such items as that which they have become.

 

[classic33]

It is the bets word for using in headlines

Pedelec is just not zingy enough
and EAPC just doesn;t make a decent word

but I agree - things would be much better if we had a decent word for legal ebikes

Why not the legal definition, e-assist cycle. But it does seem as though it's only riders on two wheels are causing problems for those on a legal e-assist bicycle.

I use the word cycle and not bicycle because a quadricycle is now covered by the regulations. Before the regulation changes, quadricycles(and in some places) tricycles were not covered by the regulations. Tricycles were covered by the previous regulations in the UK, so long as they met the legal requirements. There also seemed to be fewer electric bike issues back then as well.

 

[Drago]

I think the point is her that language is important, and the media and lawmakers are dropping a teste with this.

 

[classic33]

I think the point is her that language is important, and the media and lawmakers are dropping a teste with this.

Agree, and when a police and crime commissioners office start telling people that the police are operating a "three strikes and you're out"* approach to the problem, they're only adding to the confusion.

*Checked with the police force in question and told that it was incorrect information I'd been given. They wanted to know who'd said it so they could correct them. Get caught on an illegal one, they'll seize it the first time, not the third time.