Scooters on paths.

kneemos

Number of near misses with these idiots. Change direction to cross the road or something and you get slammed and they get thrown into traffic quite possibly.

Incredible there hasn't been a litany of serious injuries and deaths associated with things.

Mimon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058281656/scooters-on-paths

Yeh I had one where I was looking at a flower bed and moved back to the middle of the footpath and one skimmed me whilst flying it. He went on seemingly oblivious to what was millimeters away from a serious incident for both of us.

With seriously bad drivers on the roads who never seem to see any consequences from Gardai can't see them enforcing any laws stopping these numpties from dangerous behaviour.

T-Maxx

Road tax Joe.

blade1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120166724#Comment_120166724

Car don't even have road tax!

silliussoddius

Arseholes the lot of them.

pgj2015

Scooters are just for lazy ar$eholes. just walk ffs.

Mrs OBumble

Gritters need a load of gravel aimed at footpaths.

whisky_galore

I think it's fair to say they are equally hated by pedestrians, motorists and cyclists, quite an achievement.

kneemos

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120166718#Comment_120166718

Same just an hour ago. Going to cross and moved back to the inside of the path just as a hefty looking joker whizzed by. If I'd moved the other way we were both in A&E.

niallpatrick

We've enough of them in our estate and they're not feral scum kids either, quite a few of them are adults. If they hit a mother with kids they'll get a slap. Get creamed by a bus/glider or a 40 foot lorry it's tough sht. You can't resuscitate a pancake.

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058281656/scooters-on-paths

This sounds like you're complaining about all the accidents you haven't had with a scooter.

kneemos

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120166931#Comment_120166931

I'm complaining about the obvious dangers of propelled vehicles on footpaths.

Kids flying around on these things as well with no sense or awareness of safety.

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120166955#Comment_120166955

You seem to be contradicting yourself.

" .....there hasn't been a litany of serious injuries and deaths associated with things...."

What are you suggesting, they make it illegal...oh wait they are...

Vestiapx

I had to grab my six year old as he exited a shop out of the way of a grown man sized idiot on the path going full tilt on one of these scooters.

I think they are cool and as a last mile transport or urban solution I can see the sense but mixed with bikes not pedestrians.

The scooter man apologised but probably because angry daddy face rather than realising he could hurt someone

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120166804#Comment_120166804

I'm a cyclist, motorist, pedestrian and regular joggist and have nothing against them. They're mostly harmless. Some people just love complaining about them on footpaths when you only ever see motorists killing and maiming people on footpaths in Ireland never mind parking and driving all over them, but no one seems to kick off threads about that all the time.

mattser

And the dress code is obviously the darker the better.

o1s1n

There's a lunatic on one of these in Dublin at the moment who travels at incredibly fast speeds on the Southside quays in the cycle lane AGAINST the flow of cyclists.

The cycle lanes that have a barrier between you and the car lane.

Weaving in and out between cyclists while coming at you head on. **** mental, I nearly had a head on collision with him a couple of weeks ago. Utter scumbag.

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167074#Comment_120167074

Now they should make that illegal...oh wait also already illegal.

If there a garda on the quays it would like shooting fish in a barrel.

Count Dracula

They are a great way to get around. I don't have one but have used them in pedestrianised zones in Vienna, Rotterdam, Singapore and I am confident that I skateboarded on pavements all over California.

What is the big deal?

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167058#Comment_120167058

If you can't see them, how do you know they are in dark clothes. (if thats what you meant).

KilOit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120166769#Comment_120166769

It's not really a walking replacement, more so a car replacement.

I have a car but also use the scooter to travel a distance that would take an hour to walk when travelling to work

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167129#Comment_120167129

Techmucknolgy.

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167147#Comment_120167147

So get off that scooter use a car.

KilOit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167155#Comment_120167155

10 min scoot vs 20 min car ride. Lovely on a nice day to wizz to work

o1s1n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167208#Comment_120167208

I'd much rather folks use escooters than drive cars, but I'd also much rather people cycle than use escooters.

If it's ten minutes on a scooter it's ten minutes in a bicycle. Why not cycle as a matter of interest? Also have the added bonus of exercise and don't have to worry about charging a battery.

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167030#Comment_120167030

Safe roads and pathways is a culture thing… but cars kill more ? Sure, by the very nature of them being multiple times heavier, faster etc..

there should have been legislation that just bans scooters on footpaths, bicycles are banned on paths, unless there is a cycle lane…

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167306#Comment_120167306

well cars are banned on footpaths and no one pays attention to that, so you're dreaming if you think they'll enforce bikes/scooters on footpaths.

Shiok

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167129#Comment_120167129

Things have changed in Singapore now - you have to register your scooter and do an online theory test to be permitted to use it. Not allowed on footpaths anymore, only cycling paths, of which there is a fairly good network. 

And because this is SG - if found not to have your digital certificate or on the path, fine up to $2k and/or 6 months jail time.

Jeremy Sproket

Could you sue one of the riders if they knocked you down? How successful would you be? Could you claim off their house insurance or assets?

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167306#Comment_120167306

They ARE banned.

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167338#Comment_120167338

This thread isn't getting that. Lol.

Padraig Mor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167030#Comment_120167030

Any comment on the fact they're illegal to use in public areas? Thought not, just another predictably tedious anti motorist rant with the usual glaring double standards.

Count Dracula

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167581#Comment_120167581

you can do bird here for not having a Tv licence.

Be careful out there.

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167702#Comment_120167702

You need to start a safety campaign. Save the two ton death chariots.

mattser

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167135#Comment_120167135

Could you rephrase that so it makes sense ?

Padraig Mor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167712#Comment_120167712

Feel free to copy and paste my response above here to your similarly 'avoiding the point ' post.

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167702#Comment_120167702

it doesn't bother me that they're illegal, they're harmless

KilOit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167249#Comment_120167249

I tried it for a few years, but I was fed up with the sweat on my back when getting to work. Bad days id wear a rain jacket and top would be drenched, unless I showered when I got there i'd feel lousy all morning. On an escooter I can wear a shirt and a big warm coat on bad days and get to work feeling fresh

Padraig Mor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167840#Comment_120167840

So it similarly "wouldn't bother" you if a car parked on a footpath or cycle lane? Thought not - as is usual with the Cycling forum fanatics, the law should only be applied to motorists.

I suspect the mayor of Paris would take issue with your description of e-scooters as "harmless" too, given that they're making moves to enforce their removal from the streets due to multiple fatalities. But again I'd imagine those deaths "don't bother" you as they weren't caused by motorists. Plus ça change....

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167739#Comment_120167739

Sorry I can't see your post to reply to it....

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167878#Comment_120167878

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167741#Comment_120167741

You mean Paris the city banning cars... You saying we should copy it...

https://www.google.com/search?q=Paris+removes+cars&oq=Paris+removes+cars&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30j0i390l4.4947j0j7&client=ms-android-google&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167878#Comment_120167878

yes i hate how cars are allowed drive and park on footpaths, absolutely everywhere, and kill people on footpaths fairly regularly, has happened a good few times in recent years in ireland. there are not that many scooters out there and they're not harming anyone so they don't bother me or anyone i know.

i suppose it's just the fact that scooters and bikes on footpaths cause so much outrage among the general public but they don't care about cars doing the same in far greater numbers and they're the ones actually harming people.

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167862#Comment_120167862

No rain on a scooter...who knew :)

elperello

Scooters have no business on footpaths and pavements, end of.

gameoverdude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167980#Comment_120167980

Solid clip of the shoulder as they go by.

Works with grannies walking three abreast on the footpaths.

Like a stand off. They think I'll move...

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120168005#Comment_120168005

You're incorrigible 🙂

But if you clip my Granny we will be having strong words.

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120167840#Comment_120167840

it’s illegal for a reason though. Check out the top speeds that these can do. Coupled with some of the absolute young little knuckleheads riding them. Proper goonchild material.

a lot more escooters are used on paths then bikes these days… just takes one of these little goons, cornering too fast, an OAP, a young child or a person with a disability coming in the opposite direction who are without the ability to react in a split second manner and get out of the way and the consequences will be pretty unpleasant…

Something with the possibility to be easily propelled electrically and mechanically at or up to 25kmph without effort, firstly should not be on a path, secondly probably shouldn’t be on general sale to people under 18.

I’m reading the vast majority of countries in the EU have age limits to operate escooters. Ireland, predictably are one of the exceptions…no limits.

I’m reading that plans were looked at, but we’re dropped as seen to be ‘unenforceable’… or in other words, necessary but Gardai haven’t the resources to do it, probably true.. and the little fragile shîtsticks would probably be rabbiting on about their mental health if caught, fined and hit with whatever sanction. Ohhh the horror…

gameoverdude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120168022#Comment_120168022

Most of the grannies around here are younger than me.

Strong words? Like "you rambunctious young fool"?

Don't care the age (scooter or not). If they're gobshites they're gobshites.

I avoid confrontation. But nothing gets me worked more out walking than people taking up up a wide footpath and pretending not to see you. Except for them feckers with their extendible leads for their bleedin fur babies.

I could go on!

xhomelezz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120168005#Comment_120168005

You've probably never met these ladies...

gameoverdude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120168045#Comment_120168045

Love it!

Edit: this is why occasionally ah can be fun.

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120168042#Comment_120168042

ah yeah i hear ya and i know they could scare oaps etc on footpaths but i just think they get way too much press for being dangerous given that they don't seem to be actually causing any damage.