Submitted on Wednesday 8th May 2019
Rejected on Wednesday 12th June 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Classify electric assisted kick scooters exactly the same as push bikes
By classifying electric kick scooters the same push bikes hundreds if not thousands of people can make use of a very practical, cost effective and eco friendly mode of transport. Opening up their use on roads and bike lanes.
These devices share more than 90% of the characteristics a bike has so should have the same rights on the road. They are also a similar size and speed with a like stopping distance.
Also its 2019 how is it we can't get a new technology classified yet people granted the Freedom of the City of London have the legal right to herd a flock of sheep over London Bridge?
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