Our biggest problem here on footpaths and bikepaths isn't ebikes, it's electric scooters. The ones for public hire *are* speed limited - I think to 25kph - but there are lots of people on private ones they've bought which don't appear to be speed limited, as I can be going along at around 30kph and get passed by one of these going probably 20kph faster.
A bit over 18 months ago we had a ringside seat to the stupidity of one of these scooter riders. We were out on a ride and just turning onto a four lane freeway in order to go the couple of hundred metres to the start of the parallel bikepath. We had a green light, and this scooter went absolutely hammering past through the red light heading towards the airport. A few kilometres further on, on the bikepath that parallels the road, we came across the aftermath. The guy was lying on the ground with a fair sized gash in his leg, his crashed scooter nearby, and a bunch of cops were standing around with none looking sympathetic and a few clearly amused. There were three cop cars parked on the shoulder of the road and a couple of police motorbikes blocking the bikepath. https://canberradaily.com.au/scooter-rider-takes-drugs-and-goes-four-times-the-speed-limit/ The thing he was riding appeared to be one of these: https://fluidfreeride.com/products/kaabo-wolf-king-gt. And this was the aftermath a few months later: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-04/canberra-man-caught-speeding-on-e-scooter-jailed/102299854 (includes video from the police motorbike of the pursuit and its conclusion). Nick Payne Canberra -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4db9b4c0-495a-4636-8ce6-954d82253d2en%40googlegroups.com.
