My Bike is now Illegal

[laura_seabrook]

And another nice surprise for me is that riding my electric scooter in public streets is now illegal.

There was a high court case recently that confirmed this. Kevin found out about it from a Sydney Morning Herald article. As mentioned in that article, "The director of the bicycle company Eazy Ride, Trevor Patrick, was dismayed by the Supreme Court's decision and has closed his business" so that means I can't even get parts for it.

All I can do is ride in the backyard. I don't know what to do about this. There's a rumour of legislation about this, but I have no idea what. So for the moment, it sits in the shed.

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I've e-mailed my friend Kali and offered it to her. It'd be useful on her property at Lorn.

Comments

[cyclops25503.livejournal.com]

And why'd they do that? :o

[shelleybear.livejournal.com]

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Riders must wear a helmet, have a motorcycle licence, registration and insurance.

Riders without any of these can be fined up to $1,500. Police say the requirement does not apply to scooters that have pedals, irrespective of the power of the motor.

Auctor.

If it looks like a tax grab, and smells like a tax grab, IT IS a tax grab!

[laura-seabrook.livejournal.com]

While I'm temped to agree, my type of scooter still remains unregisterable. :(