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I love you, man.

This afternoon.

Dublin city centre

Meanwhile…

Proposals to introduce an age limit for the sale or supply of e-scooters look set to be dropped by the Government, amid fears that the measure would be unenforceable.

Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan is understood to be proposing a number of amendments to the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021, which legislates for electric scooters and electric bikes as well as other road safety issues.

E-scooters are currently classed as “mechanically propelled vehicles”, meaning they should not be used in public places without tax, insurance and an appropriate category of driving licence.

The legislation will create a new vehicle category to be known as Powered Personal Transporters (PPTs) which will include e-scooters and similar devices.

Age limit for sale of e-scooters to be scrapped (Irish Times)

Leah Farrell/RollingNews

This afternoon.

Following tacit government approval last week of a new Road Traffic Bill, which should, by Christimas, legislate, for the first time, the use of e-scooters and e-bikes on Irish roads…

…Nick’s old pals at Currys PC World are reporting a 70% increase in e-scooter sales in one week.

Jaimie Cantwell, Head of Commercial at Currys PC World Ireland said:

“With more people returning to offices, some are reluctant to use public transport or perhaps don’t have, or want to take their car to the office. We’ve noticed the significant demand for our e-scooters over the past few weeks, with a rise in sales of 25% compared to last year. We’re expecting a surge in demand over the festive period, with many people receiving an e-scooter as a gift this Christmas. Hopefully this new legislation will provide a lot more confidence for the e-scooter users in Ireland.”

Currys PC World

This afternoon.

The Dublin Commuter Coalition has rejected “any suggestion that bus lanes be opened to electric vehicles”.

Ther  Coalition said it would l is a slap in the face to bus users who travel “in a sustainable way to no thanks or, as is evident from this proposal, even a modicum of respect”.

Coalition Chairperson Kevin Carter said

“It is bizarre, it is astonishing and it is stunningly arrogant that this government would even suggest implementing a scheme that so specifically and brazenly harms bus users. Bus users are never rewarded for choosing to travel in a sustainable way, they are only ever subject to overcrowding, constant fare increases and poor enforcement of existing traffic laws.

Flagrant abuse of bus lanes is a constant issue for bus users and now this government is proposing further degrading the attractiveness of this mode by making bus users sit in even more traffic that they had no hand in causing.“

Fight!

Dublin Commuter Coalition

Rollingnews

This morning.

Helmeted e-scooter riders commuting in Dublin city centre (nanny state, out of pictures).

With an already shaky law governing the e-scooters…

This morning, via Via The Irish Examiner:

E-scooters will be limited to speeds of 25km per hour under new proposals.

They will have to be fitted with ‘speed-limiting devices’.

Fianna Fáil is bringing forward a bill to legislate for the safe use of e-scooters, which are currently illegal on public roads.

It wants e-scooters limited to speeds of 25km per hour, with fines due to anyone found to have tampered with the speed-limiting technology.

Anyone who does travel faster than 25km per hour would also be fined if caught.

And good luck with all that.

‘fro, to be fair.

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