E-bike seizures surge as police take 'death traps' off the streets

[AGS]

Those photographs on the Sky News report don’t make any sense to me.

Nobody in their right mind would park their e-bike at a train station bike shed without locking it up.

So did the Police unlock the bikes to pull them out and then switch them on to test them?

And they can’t go around confiscating parked up e-bikes either. That would be theft. They need to catch the people riding them illegally in order to confiscate them.

I‘m sure those photos were staged and it was just a publicity stunt to highlight the use of illegal ebikes.

 

[esuark]

There`s a sign on the shed saying "cycle squad" can`t read the rest. Probably where they put all the confiscated or stolen bikes. Looks like maybe official paper work in the zip tied plastic bags. Also noticed some bikes with police written on the front forks. who knows........

 

[portals]

And they can’t go around confiscating parked up e-bikes either. That would be theft. They need to catch the people riding them illegally in order to confiscate them.

Is that actually the case? What is they have 'suspicion'....?

 

[saneagle]

Is that actually the case? What is they have 'suspicion'....?

They would need evidence that the bikes have been ridden. You could assume that somebody rode the bike there, but a defence would be, "I pushed it there to sell it to a guy I met in a pub." In a high street, there's probably CCTV showing that the bike was ridden, but they'd need to have it to seize the bike, and prove that the rider was the owner.