- cross-posted to:
- australia
- cross-posted to:
- australia
This seems like a sensible but odd carveout. The law is essentially legalising e-scooters on shared paths, and bike lanes on roads with no more than 20km/h. The proposition does not allow them on footpaths, which you’d think would be the most relevant place. Personally, I’m surprised they wouldn’t allow them on footpaths but no more than 5 km/h in heavy pedestrian areas (anywhere a car would have to do 40 km/h or less), especially since you could potentially require shared e-scooters to enforce this speed with GPS.
Roads and footpaths aren’t designed with anything in mind except for cars. That’s why they are more dangerous. The rental escooters in Christchurch have bigger wheels, suspension, and one brand is three wheeled.