Originally Posted by
UniChris
The devices people are complaining about, and which this thread started from an observation of, are not legal in the locality where they were observed.
Pedal assist bikes are legal there, but those are not what this thread is about.
A discussion about illegally-used nuisance vehicles is perfectly valid, I think it deserves its own thread, is all. Here in the UK, powered scooters are illegal. The Sedgeway was never legal here. We have electric scooters popping up all over the place, and the riders are invariably very twitchy on them, in a world of their own. Headphones and random swerves of direction - and they're completely illegal to use. And this uprising is far greater than fast e-bikes here. The police need to step up, but I don't think they are.
So I can see that things look a little different over there.