>If they are electric mopeds, how can you tell that they don't have 1-3?
Because they don't have a number plate. And you can see the riders not using the pedals. It takes two seconds of training to be able to work this out. It's not like a car where you need ANPR and the MOT and MID databases; you can just see it with your Mk 1 eyeball.
Q1: Who wouldn't like to drive an electric motorbike with no requirement for tax/insurance/MOT etc. cost nothing to run, does 50mph, no need to worry about any sort of compliance?
The answer is... anybody who cares enough about life to worry about 6 points and thousands of pounds of fines.
Q2: Who *does* drive an electric motorbike without caring?
Low-lifes. And so they're happy to do their 30mph on the pavement too. They don't care.
It's not that I'm in the "all cars need a man in front of them with a red flag because they're new an frightening" camp. These people are all low-lifes with no respect for the law. If they're breaking this law, then they're likely delivering coke on these bikes.
If the police don't care, the law should be repealed and we can all get on with untaxed driving - maybe put two of them together and a cover over it, and you've a car with no requirement for tax/MOT/insurance it's only an e-bike. And if the law isn't repealed then such visibly flagrant abuse of the rule of law should be punished.
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