On 30/11/2020 19:14, jbeattie wrote:
On Monday, November 30, 2020 at 7:54:01 AM UTC-8, Andre Jute wrote:
On Monday, November 30, 2020 at 1:29:56 PM UTC, AMuzi wrote:
Words fail

https://cyclingindustry.news/met-pol...tric-scooters/


--
Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April,
1971
This is par for the course. The police have so intimidated
retailers of electric bikes that some of them won't sell you the
programmable controller or even the thumb throttle. In fact, they
go out of their way, committing labour to deliberately crippling
the bike. (Any reader who wants to convert a bike to electricity,
write to me first and I'll send you privately the details of a
dealer who doesn't partake of this stupid hostility to paying
customers.)

The British police are totally out of control, running around
giving woke warnings to people who have broken no laws. It's so bad
that Mark Steyn has a British Woke ****** Copper of the Day award.
Of the day! It used to be that one over-the-edge British copper was
a disgrace mentioned in Parliament. Now it's a daily occurrence,
with a choice of outrages every day.

-- AJ

Ooooh. Mean woke police. The City is running a pilot program to
figure out whether to allow e-scooters -- which it shouldn't. It can
collect data, maintain insurance, etc., etc. That's what pilot
programs are for. If it determines that e-scooters are O.K.
zig-zagging around the double-deckers, dodging bikes and mopeds,
then it can allow the use of privately owned e-scooters on public
roads. I see no harm in running a pilot program before allowing
every idiot and his brother to buy an e-scooter and fly around
London.

Errm...isn't that what bicycles are for?

I also see no legal/ethical/moral problem limiting use to
rental e-scooters since it limits the number in use, which should be
zero. I'm sure the legislature will hit some middle ground for use
of privately owned e-scooters on public roads outside dense
population areas.

As for e-bikes, if you want a motor, then get a license and
registration -- or accept the motor you can get without a license or
registration. . E-bikes qua electric motorcycles are a scourge to
ordinary flesh-powered cyclists. When you're producing more
power/speed than a 50cc engine, you shouldn't be acting like a
bicyclist.

-- Jay Beattie.