I saw a guy topple over riding one of those deathtraps (standing, no helmet). He was on the opposite side of the road, and he simply toppled over - there wasn't anything I could see which might have caused this to happen. I zoomed into the video of my helmet cam afterwards, and nothing was obvious. He fell sideways onto his shoulder and slid along the ground. I stopped ebiking, and asked if he was alright. He go up and shouted something, which I had to amplify from the footage later: "It's a show mate!", was what he said. He seemed in one piece, not bleeding. I gave him a thumbs up and ebiked on, shaking my head in disbelief.
I spotted another one sitting in his scooter deathtrap, zooming in between traffic, passing moving cars on their right. It was madness! He looked to be doing about 25mph, and using it like a motorbike. No helmet, crouched low in his tiny seat, hands held high on the handles, dressed all in black on his black scooter. He's probably an organ donor by now.
I saw a small flock of them ridden by teenagers, making it's way down a quiet road in the twilight. At least they had headlights - teeny tiny little lights...
I see these things all over the place. Do the Police actually stop them, asking for documentation?
