rsa supporting e-scooters

meant to come back to this point - i think it's somewhat relevant in the sense that insurance for e-scooters could be used as a trojan horse by the sort of people who want bikes to be insured, and regulated more than they are now.

i doubt it'd be likely to succeed, the government aren't going to bring in reg plates and mandatory insurance for cyclists, but there's a crossover in the arguments.

the irony is that a scooter capable of doing greater than allowed would be illegal, no matter what speed it was doing.

but a car capable of breaking the limit is only illegal when actually breaking the limit. (yes, i know it's the driver breaking the law there, not the car)

to be fair, there's supposedly automatic speed restrictions in cars since the middle of last year, but you can see an inconsistency in a small vehicle being capable of doing say 35km/h is illegal by its very nature, but a car capable of 300km/h is fine until it actually is captured going faster than the limit.

anyway - to make the point in another way, let's say you have a scooter capable of doing 35km/h - what could or should the punishment be? in this hypothetical scenario, you've a tiny vehicle capable of going 10km/h over the limit. a fine for a motorist driving a vehicle weighing much, much more than the scooter, for exceeding the limit, is i think €160 and three penalty points. should the punishment for using a scooter beyond the limit be proportionally smaller?

for the sake of the hypothetical scenario, i reckon a typical scooter & rider combo would weigh less than 100kg, and a motorist & car combo, about 1,500kg.

AFAIK a bicycle is only legally allowed carry as many people as there are seats on the bike, in the UK. i wouldn't have much issue with the 'no passengers' rule.