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Electric bicycles and scooters

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    #62
    petronius
    Registered Users Posts: 849 ✭✭✭petronius


    Some years ago (pre-pandemic) a rickshaw a pedal-powered trike with an electric motor, scratched my car in town, he flew off the pavement on the road hitting me as I was static in traffic, but he was able to nip up back onto the pavement and in traffic, I was unable to leave my car and chase after the individual (and not sure what I would have done if i caught him). If there was a licence plate on it I could have reported him I suppose!

    If e-bikes share the road with cars they should be forced to be registered in some way, if the swiss can do it why can't we.

    And I know Car Tax or Motor tax is no longer called Road Tax, but to use the road fair is fair they should be charged even if it is a moderate amount! If you are taxing car users, motor-bike and moped users to fund upkeep of roads it is unfair if other "powered" vehicles are not taxed!



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    #63
    Flinty997
    Registered Users Posts: 11,726 ✭✭✭✭Flinty997


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119153462#Comment_119153462

    A drunk pedestrian once damaged my parked car. If they'd had a license plate I could have reported them similarly.

    The Motor tax goes into general tax pool. Someone who lived all their life in cave but paid tax on income has paid to upkeep roads.

    Motor tax is an income stream for the Govt nothing more or less. It got nothing to do with Roads. They also use it to change peoples habits, Out of one type of car into another. Hence why electric cars pay very little. Such is the case with eBikes and Scooters.

    The problem with the current insurance/tax regime is it doesn't encourage you to use a car less. It should be based on use with discounts for commercial use.



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    #64
    Effects
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119153462#Comment_119153462

    The Swiss like rules. The Irish, not so much.



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    #65
    harmless
    Registered Users Posts: 966 ✭✭✭harmless


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119153510#Comment_119153510

    Going on what I have seen of their use it will be pedestarians that will have to share space with them.



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    #66
    petronius
    Registered Users Posts: 849 ✭✭✭petronius


    I see Norway has legislated for escooters - allowed on pavements, over 12s allowed, insurance for rental companies this year, and personal users next year. and you can be done for drinking and escootering

    https://www.lifeinnorway.net/electric-scooter-rules-explained/



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