While it’s a little scary travelling faster than that stood up (trust me, I’m a thrill seeker) I got talking to a dual motor ebiker tonight and he like me said the same after he had had prior escoots too - being able to keep up to the 30mph general traffic made my buying decision easy because travelling on pavements with them is literally waiting to ram someone talking on a phone coming out of a shop or, driving on the road. Which is the only way.
Being limited to 15mph though is outright dangerous in my, and that guy in Farmfoods with his dual motor ebike opinion, too.
I’ve had HGV’s trying to bully me whilst doing the speed limit and it’s not fun.
I cycle without a motor and speed doesn’t seem to be much of an issue. Ride in the centre of the lane and it generally makes you more visible and discourages dangerous overtaking. Also gives you plenty of swerving space if someone does overtake dangerously. Learnt a fair bit of that doing a CBT for a 50cc bike.
We’ve all cycled and found the mechanical driver’s on roads who seem to think they have permanent right of way even over a cyclist, and been stood up going 15mph+ Vs the general flow of traffic makes for much less stress on both sides.
Albeit stood up going 30+mph and like I say - you need to have cojones right now with our current road system :/
To be fair you’ve got a great point there. I was thinking more about a regulated speed. I wish I could keep up with traffic speeds to feel safer. Going 15mph in a 20mph is the worst. Cars still want to overtake but do so more dangerously because of the slight gap in speed.
I would have to question 30mph though only because I think some research would need to be done for safety. It’s one thing being in something with crumple zones. It’s another being on a stick where there is no expectation to wear appropriate clothing or anything. You have so much less suspension, size, weight or anything to give you some flex, even compared to a cycle or motorbike.
I say this thinking that e-scooters are for urban areas where the speed limit should be 20mph anyway. There should be cycling infrastructure to make use of but only if limited to 20mph alongside e-cycles being increased to that. Any higher would be dangerous to normal cycles. You can’t expect to go 30mph on a cycle lane
Totally disagree on the 15mph limit.
While it’s a little scary travelling faster than that stood up (trust me, I’m a thrill seeker) I got talking to a dual motor ebiker tonight and he like me said the same after he had had prior escoots too - being able to keep up to the 30mph general traffic made my buying decision easy because travelling on pavements with them is literally waiting to ram someone talking on a phone coming out of a shop or, driving on the road. Which is the only way.
Being limited to 15mph though is outright dangerous in my, and that guy in Farmfoods with his dual motor ebike opinion, too.
I’ve had HGV’s trying to bully me whilst doing the speed limit and it’s not fun.
I cycle without a motor and speed doesn’t seem to be much of an issue. Ride in the centre of the lane and it generally makes you more visible and discourages dangerous overtaking. Also gives you plenty of swerving space if someone does overtake dangerously. Learnt a fair bit of that doing a CBT for a 50cc bike.
We’ve all cycled and found the mechanical driver’s on roads who seem to think they have permanent right of way even over a cyclist, and been stood up going 15mph+ Vs the general flow of traffic makes for much less stress on both sides.
Albeit stood up going 30+mph and like I say - you need to have cojones right now with our current road system :/
Fortunately my route to work is almost entirely bike or bike/bus lane. I just hope reform don’t sell it off.
To be fair you’ve got a great point there. I was thinking more about a regulated speed. I wish I could keep up with traffic speeds to feel safer. Going 15mph in a 20mph is the worst. Cars still want to overtake but do so more dangerously because of the slight gap in speed.
I would have to question 30mph though only because I think some research would need to be done for safety. It’s one thing being in something with crumple zones. It’s another being on a stick where there is no expectation to wear appropriate clothing or anything. You have so much less suspension, size, weight or anything to give you some flex, even compared to a cycle or motorbike.
I say this thinking that e-scooters are for urban areas where the speed limit should be 20mph anyway. There should be cycling infrastructure to make use of but only if limited to 20mph alongside e-cycles being increased to that. Any higher would be dangerous to normal cycles. You can’t expect to go 30mph on a cycle lane