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Allow 14-year-olds to ride e-scooters and 20mph e-mopeds says motorbike industry

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Richard Peace

Richard Peace took to full-time outdoor writing/photojournalism after stints in an office and as an English teacher abroad. His cycling route guide books include the best-selling Ultimate C2C Guide and the Ultimate UK Cycle Route Planner plus Electric Bicycles. He has written for various media about many aspects of cycling

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2 months 2 weeks ago

Users would be required to hold a licence and insurance and undergo basic scooter training with mandatory use of a cycle helmet.

...which of course would seldom, if ever, happen, and be all but impossible to police.

 

Manufacturers will inevitably turn out the same machine in two guises, one electronically restricted so as to qualify as an EAPC, the other unfettered. Naturally the Internet will provide easy methods to de-restrict the former. Authorities will never be able to keep up with enforcement.

This has nothing to do with saving the planet and everything to do with increasing sales. It will hardly be taking any 14-year olds out from behind the wheel of a car! At best all it achieves is a bit more adolescent obesity.