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Then all the dog walkers and joggers discover it and it's over-run with pedestrian traffic.
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Might be worth putting Firefox on. I think it's better on privacy than the other major browsers. I'm using Firefox on my phone instead of the default Chrome. You should be able to add an ad-blocker to Firefox as well.
I'm not saying there shouldn't be well-built cycle lanes, there definitely should, but there is something in the culture (or cultures, as we're not talking about a single homogenous group "cyclists", but a number of different groups of people with quite different expectations and assumptions) that will require some kind of explicit regulation at some point - there needs to be not just an incentive to use cycle lanes but a disincentive against not using them. Which will be very unpopular with everybody, I think, but that wouldn't make it unnecessary.
Roads: cars
I appreciate this might be difficult and costly in some places, but it would be a worthwhile investment, especially at a time when govt wants more cycling (presumably). Certainly a better use of 'transport money: than HS2.
If it was on my route I would, but my 3 mile cycle to work only has one stretch of cycle lane about 1/2 mile long at best. I would love more but there is no way it could happen given the way the roads are.
I stopped going anywhere near it after getting abuse from two grey haired ladies out for a Sunday drive to the shops which when I after refused to engage tried to force me off the road.
Accident rate may be similar but the 2 ton difference in weight would cause so much milder injuries
Try using one where I live, and the even smaller wheels will be down a pothole or rut, the scooter will stop dead, and have you over the handlebars in a nano second. No helmet? Say hello to your new head injury.
A cars mass might give it greater potential for injury, but cars are heavily regulated with things like tax, insurance, mot etc being needed to put them on the road.
Generally pedestrian traffic is separated from vehicular traffic, too. The two aren't often thrown into the same space.
Bouncing your skull off the pavement after a 5mph off from an e-scooter could easily result in severe injury or even death. Even wearing a helmet is no guarantee that you won't get hurt or even die.
Plus, the propensity for e-scooters to be ridden in heavily pedestrianised zones, kinda the reason this thread was started in the first place, places much higher risk to pedestrians than cars are likely to.
Plus, if you're only going to travel at 5mph then you may as well walk, I can't see too many e-scooter pilots being content with a 5mph limit, whether self inflicted or otherwise. E-scooters flying around the place where there is a lot of unpredictable foot traffic is hardly safe on any level.
As for the weight difference, mate of mine fell off his motorbike at walking pace on approach to a roundabout. The bike weighed about 200kgs, he had quite a severe concussion. Weight did nothing to help him at all.
Not too long ago a child fell off a stool in McDonalds, killed him. No weight there.
Also, I think car drivers are a different breed to any old fanny who wants to hop on an e-scooter. The driver has presumably passed a test and had some sort of training and is aware of the hazards and implications of his machine. There is no requirement for anyone who hops on an e-scooter to do any of that and they can whizz off without a care in the world while completely oblivious to the damage they have the potential to inflict.
Perhaps a seasoned driver in control of an e-scooter might have a different mentality, but what about a 14 year old delinquent on the way to his mate's house? Do you think he's mature or self aware enough to put the interests of others ahead of his own?
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
The ones in Edinburgh are not popular either for similar reasons. Unless that's what you mean by 'a town near Glasgow' .
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