Kickbikes :Ø)

[EckyH]

Thank you for your story.

This may also sound a bit new age-y, but one sense I have of scooting is that it - literally - connects you more with the ground you are travelling through than cycling does. No longer are you hovering a bit above the road, track, or path, but right in touch with it - and it’s so easy just to get off and walk or stop in a way that is that bit more cumbersome on a bike (well, for me anyway).

That's very comprehensible for me. The easier it is to stop the more I'd do it for "lesser" reasons.
Additionally the lower speed of scooting is less dangerous than cycling and more important other people probably perceive scooting less threatening.

E.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Anyone know the legal status of a "kick Bike" or whatever

Are they counted as a vehicle like a bike - and hence should be on the road

or are they "something else" (what???) and are legally allowed on the pavement?