Sue Pertwee-Tyr
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Glad to hear they still insist on membership applications by post. None of this newfangled internet business.Nah. I'm 50 this month so my application for the Grumpy Old Man Club is in the post : )
Glad to hear they still insist on membership applications by post. None of this newfangled internet business.Nah. I'm 50 this month so my application for the Grumpy Old Man Club is in the post : )
I agree but conflating it to their means of travel seems a bit bizarre to me. Certain things are banned but suggesting they are responsible for a wider crime wave seems odd.I think there are times when being annoyed by idiots flouting the law and common decency is legitimate.
The non-sequitur was the whole point, to show the absurdity of the argument.I think we can be pretty sure that robbery from shops - aka shoplifting - has existed since shops became a thing, but you knew that anyway.
What is new, at least according to reports in local newspapers around the country and becoming a bit of a thing apparently, is kids riding e-scooters and e-bikes into supermarkets, nicking stuff, and riding off into the sunset.
Robbery by poor people and women with prams is another issue altogether and a bit of a non-sequitur.
Perhaps the answer is police patrols on e-scooters?
The Plod have had mountain bikes round here for a while. It would have been a good idea for one of the cops of my yojth, Fatty Stevens was known to all of us and using a bike would have reduced his 20-odd stone frame to something more manageable. Instead the only exercise he got was running the local scout troop.I saw some kind of police electric scooter last month in Islington - looked a typical 125 petrol scooter but whizzed along almost silently. Very cool!
i know this is a thread about e scooters but i rather like this
It exists but is an electric scooter with a treadmill attached.
Check out 226 and 227, you wrote them.I was out riding earlier & noticed a group of youngish lads on cheapish looking mountain bikes which had been converted to electric. I assume these kits are quite cost effective as they are used by Deliveroo (& others) riders.
This is quite a dangerous grey area for me, surely such companies have a duty of care to ensure their delivery riders are on safe & legal modes of transport.
On the other hand is the alternative badly maintained cars/motorbikes driven by the uninsured etc. it’s a very tricky issue. Impossible to police effectively.
Perhaps hire schemes are the answer after all
Companies who sell battery assisted wheeled vehicles, or sell kits to convert unassisted vehicles to powered vehicles, are more often than not scrupulous in pointing out that the buyer must check the legality of their use in the country of use.I was out riding earlier & noticed a group of youngish lads on cheapish looking mountain bikes which had been converted to electric. I assume these kits are quite cost effective as they are used by Deliveroo (& others) riders.
This is quite a dangerous grey area for me, surely such companies have a duty of care to ensure their delivery riders are on safe & legal modes of transport.
On the other hand is the alternative badly maintained cars/motorbikes driven by the uninsured etc. it’s a very tricky issue. Impossible to police effectively.
Perhaps hire schemes are the answer after all
I was more thinking about the people who employ or contract delivery riders.Companies who sell battery assisted wheeled vehicles, or sell kits to convert unassisted vehicles to powered vehicles, are more often than not scrupulous in pointing out that the buyer must check the legality of their use in the country of use.
Not sure what your point is? There are many UK legal pedelec bikes that can be used for such services.I was more thinking about the people who employ or contract delivery riders.
I saw some kind of police electric scooter last month in Islington - looked a typical 125 petrol scooter but whizzed along almost silently. Very cool!
i know this is a thread about e scooters but i rather like this
It exists but is an electric scooter with a treadmill attached.
As others have said it's not a fake, it's declared as having a motor, battery, etc. The mechanics of it are all wrong though for the rider to provide any meaningful input. Consider the effort that you put into a bike with pedals, then imagine doing the same via strolling along on a rubber treadmill. Doesn't work, does it? What do you push against to do the work? So it's a cool toy that you can use around town, the treadmill is a good way to turn it on and off and regulate the speed.It even says there’s a battery, giving 60 miles range. I presume it is recharged to some extent by the treadmill.
I assume these kits are quite cost effective as they are used by Deliveroo (& others) riders.