rsa supporting e-scooters

They might not have bought it in the first place.

Lol true.

"they were breathing really heavy Joe!" "I saw one of them spitting Joe!!!"

Heady times indeed.

FGers are out with pitchforks. Do they not realise FG are ruling since 2011?

The motion calls for the Minister for Transport to “fully commence, implement, and enforce the provisions of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023” and “to ensure that high-powered e-scooters and Surron-type models are subject to licensing, registration, and insurance requirements in line with other motorised vehicles” & “monthly reporting to Dublin City Council from An Garda Síochána and Dublin Fire Brigade on collisions, seizures, and enforcement actions relating to e-scooters and Surron-type models within the city boundary.”

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/emergency-motion-submitted-to-dublin-city-council-for-regulation-of-high-speed-e-scooters-and-scramblers/a817858923.html

Explain the attraction of these modes of transport to pedestrians who are trying to move along footpaths with puppets riding these things with no regard for law or safety.

This notion of 'finding' space fir a dedicated lane fir them is complete nonsense.

Bikes dont all stay in bike lanes even when said lanes are available.

In Our town the majority using e scooters dont give a fu@@ for anyone around them and nothing is going to change that imo.

The rsa and the government can legislate all they like. It's road users attitudes that need to change.

I don't know any motorist who's first interaction with the road was in a car, so they learnt their bad habits on foot or cycling because to pass the test you can't do anything that you mentioned in a car. So we can teach people how to do drive correctly. But then they revert to what they know and that to ignore the traffic laws which is not helped by the complete lack of enforcement.

They learn that the law doesn't apply to them when cycling and they carry this mentality on to when they are driving.

I don't think you genuinely believe that every person out there driving badly and breaking the law does so because they learned they could cycle on the footpath or roll through a red light.

Why not have an actual conversation on here, instead of making up disingenuous nonsense?

More on the radio shows in last two days - 'they were doing 70kmh Pat' 'all in black going through the red' etc. Also some cyclists chimed in on bike lane use that they are silent at faster speeds

Irish doctors have called for regulations for e-scooters to be prioritised, saying they are causing a growing burden on our emergency care system. Researchers recorded one fatality 2021-2023- a pedestrian knocked down by an e-scooter rider.

Newstalk Pat Kenny & Men 20-39 most at risk of e-scooter injuries

And the Dynamometer gets the cobwebs dusted off https://www.waterford-news.ie/news/garda%C3%AD-hold-day-of-action-on-e-scooters-and-e-bikes-in-waterford-city_arid-73519.html

I'd assume most of the ones that can do higher speeds also have a throttle. And /or I doubt any that require pedal assist can do higher speeds.

That's a guess though I've no experience of it.

Don't forget dangerous/impatient overtaking! - when cars do it its fine but when I do it on my bike its bad!

Reporting language, and the personification of the 'cyclist' really doesn't help either, imo.

Any article (or an observation) of a bike running a red light is reported as 'cyclist runs red light' etc., and is implicitly applied to all cyclists.

Meanwhile - a person is killed by a 'car', not a driver, and never associated with general driving behavior.