The Biking thread

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Watch as e-bike rider crashes into pedestrian in Port Talbot

Sergiu Stanciu, 18, admits dangerous driving and will spend 14 months at a young offenders site.

www.bbc.co.uk

Why do media outlets like the BBC refer to these Surron bikes as e-bikes? when they are motorbikes.

 

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They always go to London and never outside. LTNs still pretty much non existent where I live. A loop around the town that was supposed to be completed this month hasn't even got started.

 

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Putting this up here, but it's on bbc iplayer for UK viewers (Panarama) if it gets taken down because of copyright. Presented by Adrian Chiles who is an e-bike novice- but looks like he rides motorbike, so why so scared on an e-bike?
Been heavily criticised in bike forums as conflating legal e-bikes and illegal e-bikes including not differentiating Sur-ron e-motorbikes, when they are more powerful and have no pedals.

A lot of confusion out there atm in the public and not helped by delivery riders riding ones illegally to get as many deliveries in. Ridden legally and responsibly they can be great transport devices and help cutting down on congestion and emissions.

 

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Cyclists to face education course or fine for 10 new offences — including "dangerous" riding, cycling "without due care and attention" and riding without lights at night

Government to add host of cycling offences to Road Traffic Offender Act, with cycling dangerously, offences in London's Royal Parks, and mandatory light use at night all proposed

road.cc

At last cyclists being held accountable for their indescretions, and at last fining them for bad behaviour.

Next, I hope number players to identify the ********.

 

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Cyclists to face education course or fine for 10 new offences — including "dangerous" riding, cycling "without due care and attention" and riding without lights at night

Government to add host of cycling offences to Road Traffic Offender Act, with cycling dangerously, offences in London's Royal Parks, and mandatory light use at night all proposed

road.cc

At last cyclists being held accountable for their indescretions, and at last fining them for bad behaviour.

Next, I hope number players to identify the ********.

It's the enforcement that is the problem/issue. Police don't want to waste time on cyclists who break the law unless it's serious and endangering others. Identifying them etc. Then there is the trade off with getting peeps out of their cars - they cause a hell of a lot more damage and kill when not driven properly. As a nation we are unfit and then there's the elephant in the room - burning of fossil fuels.

You can have all the rules and regulations in place but if it's not being enforced then it means Sweet FA. Which comes down to society. Peeps don't want to be told what to do. I think it's what you call the whole Freedom mentality.

 

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This annoys me when cycling on a contra-flow cycling lane.

And:

 

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https://www.cyclingelectric.com/news/500w-e-bike-consultation-rejected

So Government has quietly released the result of last year's E-bike consultation under Rishi's and it's concluded that it won't be taking the proposals forward. So those already riding bikes with 500+ watt motors and throttles not type approved will continue to operate outside the law. No change there.

Also interesting bit on why having a national registration scheme and compulsory insurance for cyclists would not be worth it and not take off in this country. I believe only North Korea has a registration scheme for cyclists.