windhoek
The Phoolosopher
E-Scooters: coming (legally) to a town near you from today - at 15mph!
Apparently, e-scooters will become legal for hire from today. Technically speaking, you can already own one, but you can't use it on a public road, pavement or cycle path - not that that will stop anyone, as I'm sure we've all seen at least one being used in public.
Anyway, the thing that worries me is that they can hit 15mph (even faster if modified) and although there are restrictions on who can use one, riders will be sharing the road with existing traffic in existing environmental conditions i.e. potholes, shity weather, shity driving (inc. shity cycling) etc.
Obviously it's good that people use them instead of a car, but the infrastructure is just not setup for non-motorised transport and so I fear more conflict, crashes and fatalities.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53219331
Apparently, e-scooters will become legal for hire from today. Technically speaking, you can already own one, but you can't use it on a public road, pavement or cycle path - not that that will stop anyone, as I'm sure we've all seen at least one being used in public.
Anyway, the thing that worries me is that they can hit 15mph (even faster if modified) and although there are restrictions on who can use one, riders will be sharing the road with existing traffic in existing environmental conditions i.e. potholes, shity weather, shity driving (inc. shity cycling) etc.
Obviously it's good that people use them instead of a car, but the infrastructure is just not setup for non-motorised transport and so I fear more conflict, crashes and fatalities.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53219331