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PMD retailers to stop selling to people under 16, refuse servicing unregistered devices
- Thread starter glockman
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Shocking English!!! It should read "...despite his misfortune.""Unfortunate" is an adjective.
Cars, trucks, buses are entrenched and are necessary evils. PMDs are a new fad. In the absence of proper and competent managment and regulation, it would be better to curb their use. Until such a time when infrastucture is in place, and people know how to use them safely.In 2018 There were 7,690 motor vehicle related accidents that resulted in injuries and 124 people were killed! If we're going to ban anything why not start with the elephant in the room?
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Wah, this guy I lagi respect!
Jialat lah! Can't buy my top of line PMD liao!No bonus for you end of year! Orbigoot
I am actually looking at the $650 decathlon foldable.mini bicycle.Jialat lah! Can't buy my top of line PMD liao!
Good on you. A foldie is an excellent choice. Dahon, Java, Crius are good. Bromptons are pricey and use mostly proprietary parts. I keep a foldie in my boot.I am actually looking at the $650 decathlon foldable.mini bicycle.
Me old Liao. Just a simple one for fun. No need that sexpensiveGood on you. A foldie is an excellent choice. Dahon, Java, Crius are good. Bromptons are pricey and use mostly proprietary parts. I keep a foldie in my boot.
PMDs are not a fad. They are the way of the future. Instead of putting pressure on the early adopters they should be assisted in every way possible while at the same time authorities should come down a lot harder on errant driving which is potentially far more dangerous.
A lapse in concentration while on a PMD will probably result in the rider grazing his knees and elbows and there could possibly be broken bones.
A lapse in concentration by a driver of a heavy vehicle can result in multiple deaths.
Which is the lesser of two evils?
My suggestion is for the speed limit for ALL vehicles be limited to 50 kph everywhere and cars beyond 1000 cc should be banned. There is no need for anything more than a 1 litre car on that tiny little Island.
Heavy vehicles should be fitted with speed limiters and be restricted to 40 kph max.
The vehicle road accident statistics can easily be halved with these measures.
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Your $650 can get you a good and reliable one.Me old Liao. Just a simple one for fun. No need that sexpensive
Hokay. Will hunt around...Your $650 can get you a good and reliable one.
Yes, I see your point. They could be the way of the future, but this is a classic case of technology moving faster than legislation. And we know legislators are notoriously slow. But people shouldn't need to suffer unnecessarily in the mean time.
In a nutshell, PMDs have started on the wrong foot here because early adopters were the young ah bengs, m&ds, pinoys and all the other scums of society. They have become the modern day illegally modified petrol driven bicycles of early 2000s.
I fully agree that PMDs should be on the roads and not the footpaths. Footpaths are for feet not wheels.
Yes, I agree too.
I think so tooAt this rate PMD issue is concerned, soon Sammyboyforum can have a dedicated PMD Sextion! Lol
Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel it should simply adopt rules from Ang Moh countries and when it comes to Ang Mohs the Krauts are definitely the best!
E-scooters get the green light on Germany's roads
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17 May 2019
14:58 CEST+02:00
Germany on Friday authorized battery-powered scooters on its streets and cycle paths but banned them from pavements to protect pedestrians as the two-wheeled craze continues to spread across Europe.
Following fierce debate over road safety and the impact on traffic, Germany's upper house of parliament (the Bundesrat) adopted a proposal pushed forward by Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer to approve the "electric propulsion vehicles" for road use.
But Scheuer was forced to amend his initial suggestion to allow electric scooters on pavements, after it sparked an outcry from politicians, police unions and insurance groups.
There has also been heated arguments over safety from groups representing car drivers and cyclists. They've warned that allowing e-scooters into the mix will cause congestion and accidents on Germany's already crowded roads and cycle paths.
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Scooters for 14 years and over
The amendment states that electrical scooters will only be allowed on pavements in exceptional cases, to be expressly indicated by signs.
E-scooter users must stick to a speed limit of 20 kilometres per hour and be aged 14 years or older.
The green light to legalize the vehicles means that e-scooter sharing firms can now put their plans to roll out across Germany into action.
One of those companies is the Berlin-based start-up Tier, which is currently active in 20 cities, and hopes to soft-launch in around 10 cities in Germany from mid-June.
Meanwhile, Stockholm-based Voi currently has scooters in 18 European cities, and reportedly plans to expand that to 30 more cities in Germany alone this summer.
Even German car giant Volkswagen is eyeing the e-scooter market with plans to incorporate them into its own car-sharing scheme by the end of the year.
The presence of scooters will intensify the battle for space on Germany's streets, where cycling associations have long demanded more and wider bicycle paths.
"Conflicts are inevitable," Social Democrat politician Anke Rehlinger said Thursday, adding that "continuous" effort should be made to define new rules for the e-scooters.
Scheuer labelled the scooters a "genuine additional alternative for cars" in Germany's traffic-choked cities.
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