Gosh maybe you guys haven't yet experienced the escooters that are now on the main roads?
Couple of staff at work have escooters but use them on the pavements.. quite fast and when we had a try it was the instant acceleration that caught us out.
But I now see slightly bigger ones mixing it with the traffic, they can easily keep up with cars going 20 to 30, darting between them or draughting close behind to gain a few extra mph, not sure of their stopping power at that speed.
The guys at work are convinced they are now legal due to the fact that they've been stopped by the police but just told to go on their but be a bit more careful!
I think it's going to be the silent high speed that catches other pavement users out in the end.
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