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Why are electric scooters ridden by twats not prosecuted?
I try to be the acceptable face of cycling. I stop at lights and wait patiently for them to change. I ride on pavements almost never. In the gate streets in Gloucester (which fucking morons assume are pedestrian- no. They are roads) I cycle at walking pace and don’t get riled at twats with their heads buried in Facebook walking straight in front of me.
We have a public scooter hire thing here. All good. If it saves car miles then I am happy.
Fucking private scooters though! Two fuckwits jumped off the pavement without even bothering to glance in the direction of oncoming traffic twenty minutes ago. The second one missed my front wheel by a rizla.
Right in front of two cops (one real, one plastic). Both saw it, neither raised a finger.
If they are illegal to use on public roads (which they are) why the fuck are the nicks not bursting with confiscated scooters???