Gardaí examining new roadside test for powerful e-bikes and e-scooters
Gardaí are examining new roadside testing equipment that could help them take powerful e-bikes and e-scooters off the roads.
The equipment is already in use by police in the Netherlands and will enable Gardaí to check the maximum power and speed a bike or scooter is capable of.
Under the Road Traffic and Road Acts 2023 Bill which has been signed into law but has yet to be enacted, higher-powered e-bikes will be considered mechanically propelled vehicles (MPVs).
This will mean riders will be required to hold a licence and registration and must wear a helmet.
The laws will also make e-scooters legal - but only if they have a maximum speed of 25kph.
Once the laws come into force, Gardaí will have the power to confiscate any device that is found to be too powerful under the new legislation.
On The Pat Kenny Show this morning, motoring expert Ger Herbert said you “have to wonder how feasible it will be” for Gardaí to test many scooters on the roads.
“Where will these road tests be and how often and how likely will it be that you can run into them?” she asked.
Ms Herbert said the tests are already in use in the Netherlands and Gardaí are reviewing the technology.
“The Dutch don’t have a very favourable attitude particularly towards e-scooters and they have huge concerns about them sharing the same spaces as cyclists,” she said.
“Obviously they have the same concerns as we have in the sense that there are different power levels and putting them in bike lanes with people who aren’t that used to cycling or whatever, you know, there is a danger there and a very big risk.
She said it is good that “something is being done” but it remains unclear what is stopping the new regulations from coming into force.
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Greatest load of BS ever.
They will be stopping todlers on tricycles next ....
One way to get people out of cars and onto environmentally friendly e bikes and scooters is to force them to wear helmets and have licenses even though their top speed is the same as an average sprinter. “It’s needed… health and safety” she says. And getting the Garda to stop people to check for these licenses really sounds great since the Garda basically have no other crimes to solve and they’re famously not understaffed right now
This conversation is such a load of twaddle. If you don't want to ware a helmet while cycling that's your perogative, changing this because of a few goodie goodie is ridiculous. Also promoting greener travel and then making it more of a chore for people to get out of their cars is typical of this government. It's like they are trying to annoy the public 👀
Ebikes are a fantastic mode of transport, I am 66yrs of age and if it was not for my ebike I would hardly venture out the house, just the same old story, they are looking to make money out of them.
I worry about people listening for the light as well.
What insurance companies offer quotes on ebikes over 250W?
so vehicles can run a muck in the city centre but environmentally friendly and much slower E bikes cant travel through the city centre? bizarre. The city centre is difficult because of cars... it's crazy how car obsessed this country is.
Are you having a laugh or wat !!!
I brought a slow e bike because i would get pulled over by the pigs, but i never see anyone else being had up for a high power e bikes
@starofdavid9919
5 ай бұрын
But if you had one you would be nabbed, I have that luck too.
There is more serious issues to be dealing with She doesn’t even look convinced herself saying it
Gardaí don’t enforce existing road offences, when are they going to check scooters?
Don't care less !
About time there dangerous with them here in Carlow
@eugeneoreilly9356
5 ай бұрын
Must be just a Carlow thing?they are ok everywhere else.
@elliegreen4738
5 ай бұрын
Denis Carter They're dangerous with them everywhere and well said.
@eugeneoreilly9356
5 ай бұрын
@@elliegreen4738 did you get run over by one?
@deniscarter6613
5 ай бұрын
@@elliegreen4738 Thank you
Some European countries have already banned this vehicle after the alarming rise of accidents on the streets. Learn from their experience.