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Deptford. E-scooters everwhere. I have seen mothers taking their small children to school on them. Mostly the ones that can be had for £300. You can see the appeal: arrive at your destination sweat free. Going shopping? Take the scooter, folded, into the supermarket. Fill up your backpack. Electric bikes are expensive and look terrible, with a few very expensive exceptions. I wouldn’t take a Gocycle into a supermarket, nor would I be comfortable locking a three grand bike outside.
Of course riding an e-scooter isn’t going to make you fit, but it might stop you getting in a car, or even buying one. That’s a result. There is a mass of people out there that would never want to push a pedal. The e-scooter is perfect for them. It doesn’t have the ‘middle class lycra cycling wanker’ taint, for a start.
Get them legalised, say I. Speed limited, some regs on lights, brakes, etc. Add to our numbers of vulnerable road users, change the behaviour of non vulnerables.