E-Scooter discussion after fatal collision

UberTiger · 14 Jul 2019 at 11:31

Exactly what Nitefly said. Boosted have just released a beast of a scooter, they're fantastic devices if used sensibly, just like many of the new personal electric vehicle and last mile devices hitting the market in recent years.

Nitefly · 14 Jul 2019 at 11:32

UberTiger said:
There is a company called wind.co that does the same in Lanzarote. They're absolutely brilliant for nipping around town, exploring and reducing taxi usage.

It's something like 2 euro to unlock it and 20 cents per minute to use.

Yup, a twenty minute walk becomes a breezy 5 minute ‘scoot’, for about a Euro.

Hotwired · 14 Jul 2019 at 11:47

What is the "correct" way to ride a motorised scooter through a town, where permitted.

You take it on the pavement and compete with pedestrians? Or you travel with traffic on the main road, following traffic rules.

Nitefly · 14 Jul 2019 at 11:56

Hotwired said:
What is the "correct" way to ride a motorised scooter through a town, where permitted.

You take it on the pavement and compete with pedestrians? Or you travel with traffic on the main road, following traffic rules.

On roads.

Hotwired · 14 Jul 2019 at 12:18

Seems not much more than pedestrian visibility from any angle. And no noise.

UberTiger · 14 Jul 2019 at 12:49

Bikes don't have noise either. Someone on a scooter could be more visible at certain angles as they're standing upright and not hunched over the handlebars.

Terminal_Boy · 14 Jul 2019 at 13:08

UberTiger said:
Exactly what Nitefly said. Boosted have just released a beast of a scooter, they're fantastic devices if used sensibly, just like many of the new personal electric vehicle and last mile devices hitting the market in recent years.

Excellent. Now all we need is to update the Road Traffic Act to allow for their use by persons having passed the new Powered Scooter driving test and having the correct insurance.

Hotwired · 14 Jul 2019 at 13:09

You'd be taller than someone on the drops of dropped handlebars. But you'd not be notably different in height to someone using flat bars.

Your front/rear silhouette is narrower than a bike and your left/right silhouette is much smaller.

i know nothing · 14 Jul 2019 at 13:14

rIcK said:
This is completely irrelevant, well done on the crap post of the year.

Thankfully this thread has evolved from being about someone completely irrelevant to one about electric scooters. :cool:

fadetoblack · 14 Jul 2019 at 13:19

Sad that's she's gone but not a fan of her videos

LoadsaMoney · 14 Jul 2019 at 13:26

Very sad news

, R.I.P Emily.

UberTiger · 14 Jul 2019 at 13:45

Terminal_Boy said:
Excellent. Now all we need is to update the Road Traffic Act to allow for their use by persons having passed the new Powered Scooter driving test and having the correct insurance.

Sounds good to me. Legistlation to enable the safe usage of scooters, ebikes, eboards etc. in cities should be the way forward.

Hotwired · 14 Jul 2019 at 14:20

UberTiger said:
Sounds good to me. Legistlation to enable the safe usage of scooters, ebikes, eboards etc. in cities should be the way forward.

Nothing stopping you using ebikes in cities right now.

Either they're low powered and are ok where regular bikes are or they have enough power to be legally classed as scooters or motorbikes.

chaparral · 14 Jul 2019 at 14:47

UberTiger said:
Exactly what Nitefly said. Boosted have just released a beast of a scooter, they're fantastic devices if used sensibly, just like many of the new personal electric vehicle and last mile devices hitting the market in recent years.

24mph sounds too fast for using on a pavement and not fast enough for using on a main road

UberTiger · 14 Jul 2019 at 14:58

lol, don't have to go full speed all the time. You can go only a few miles per hours to match the same speed as you would on a kick push scooter if you're slowly filtering past pedestrians on a sidewalk.

And 24mph is plenty fast on the roads, especially in cities. Most cyclists aren't going that fast.

I wouldn't recommend going 24mph on a dual carriage way though

Gerard · 14 Jul 2019 at 17:57

Hotwired said:
What is the "correct" way to ride a motorised scooter through a town, where permitted.

You take it on the pavement and compete with pedestrians?

That plus use one hand to spin a chain around your head to create a gap.

rG-tom · 14 Jul 2019 at 17:59

chaparral said:
24mph sounds too fast for using on a pavement and not fast enough for using on a main road

Given all of London is going to be 20mph soon and lots already is, 24mph is plenty

ubersonic · 14 Jul 2019 at 18:03

RIP

rIcK said:
This is completely irrelevant, well done on the crap post of the year.

He has a point though, the OP deliberately phrased his post to imply she was not the one at fault in the accident. So it bares pointing out the truth.

ubersonic · 14 Jul 2019 at 18:11

UberTiger said:
Legistlation to enable the safe usage of scooters, ebikes, eboards etc. in cities should be the way forward.

That legislation already exists, ebikes are legal wherever regular bicycles are, and electric scooter/skateboards are on roads (too slow/dangerous) and pavements (too fast/dangerous).

UberTiger · 14 Jul 2019 at 18:21

Having ridden a few, I reckon escooters are probably safer than bikes in some road situations due to the decent accelleration and braking.