Do you think private e scooters will ever be legalised ?

[LovelyYellowLabrador]

Just seen such an environmentally friend way to get about aslong as they are ridden sensibly

Segways too. Very easy to ride.

Hope not

I think so. But if they do then electric bikes with throttle control need to be legal too (currently can only have pedal assist, any more and it's a motorbike). I'd use an electric bike over a scooter for the bigger wheels and load carrying.

Scooters small size is their strength. One could be ridden to the station, taken on the train and then ridden to work at the other end and kept under your desk.

I'd support legalising them with a limit of 16 mph and they must follow bicycle rules.

You can't take them on trains and buses in London. They've been banned due to being a fire risk.

@Rollercoaster1920

I think so. But if they do then electric bikes with throttle control need to be legal too (currently can only have pedal assist, any more and it's a motorbike). I'd use an electric bike over a scooter for the bigger wheels and load carrying.

Scooters small size is their strength. One could be ridden to the station, taken on the train and then ridden to work at the other end and kept under your desk.

I'd support legalising them with a limit of 16 mph and they must follow bicycle rules.

I'd like to know the legalities of the electric bike/motorbike like the one Simon Cowell fell off and badly injured himself

You don't pedal them. They go on the road and don't have number plates. They can easily travel at 40mph +. They are throttle controlled. A lad raced across my local park on one recently, he must have been doing 40mph. So dangerous, close to kids playing and totally silent

Yes I’d like to see them
Legalised properly so owners can buy proper insurance etc
I’m it sure in the law regarding Ebikes but 40 mph sounds illegal to me not entirely sure

Yes, other European countries have them freely to hire in city centres. My understanding was that it's all to do with insurance that they are only really on trial here.

Summary of electrically assisted pedal cycle law here: www.cyclingweekly.com/news/product-news/electric-bikes-uk-law-234973

theyr'e for hire in city centre here and they're a nightmare! They don't seem to be able to prevent young teens from hiring them (13 year olds and up). I know they're supposed to have a driving licence and use the app, but somehow they get round it all. They ride on the park paths and on the roads, and ignore traffic lights, pedestrians, etc., and weave all over the lanes. Quite scary cycling, walking or driving near them.

I would love n electric scooter and plan to buy one when we move to Spain.
Our DD is at university in Nottingham, the escooters there are a menace. We visit every couple of months and some of the riders are quite intimidating.

They should be and all safety laws need to be put in place - license/helmet/insurance/age restriction

At the moment they're mostly driven by twat 15 year olds who try to play chicken with you on the road

Make it legal, make it safe (and I will have one)

TfL won't let escooters on hut electives are fine which I don't understand.

There were fires involving escooters at Parsons Green and Stanmore.

It's really tricky. I live in a city and they are everywhere (the hired ones)
I'm not really sure where they are meant to be ridden? (Pavement or road)?
Road feels unsafe but I often see them on the pavement and they go so fast I've seen loads of near misses between them and pedestrians.
I also know a couple of people working in the local A + E and they basically say thelat e scooters are one of the top causes of injury in people.

With the right safety rules and more cycle lanes then absolutely. I grew up in a time where we cycled or roller skated everywhere, and its such a shame that my children haven't been able to do the same.

There would need to be a raft of legislation first. They’re banned here, but I regularly see teenagers riding them, pulling out from side roads without looking, riding on pavements and two riding one scooter. I’ve yet to see any of them wearing a helmet.

I think they’re a dangerous nightmare and will get worse.

I hope so. Allowing any random to hire one and ride with no experience but not allowing a responsible, regular user to ride their own is completely ridiculous.

I think they're (potentially) a great mode of transport, as are e-bikes, but they demonstrate that we desperately need more cycle lanes / third spaces for cycles and scooters as they're not safe on pavements, and not on roads either. If the infrastructure was there, they'd be great.