Electrically assisted bikes, trikes, etc. that are legal in the UK
Jdsk
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by Jdsk 9 Oct 2024, 11:17am
UpWrong wrote: 9 Oct 2024, 11:12am
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I wonder what proportion of fires are e-scooters rather than e-bikes. I get the impression they are being conflated.
The best available information on that is in the OPSS report:
"Fires in e-bikes and e-scooters – 2022 and 2023":
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... b2f03b6a7c
Jonathan
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by axel_knutt 9 Oct 2024, 1:49pm
“I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.”
UpWrong
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by UpWrong 9 Oct 2024, 8:04pm
Jdsk wrote: 9 Oct 2024, 11:17am UpWrong wrote: 9 Oct 2024, 11:12am
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I wonder what proportion of fires are e-scooters rather than e-bikes. I get the impression they are being conflated.
The best available information on that is in the OPSS report:
"Fires in e-bikes and e-scooters – 2022 and 2023":
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... b2f03b6a7c
Jonathan
Thanks. So eBike conversion fires when on-charge are the most frequent type.
Jdsk
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by Jdsk 12 Oct 2024, 8:45am
Jdsk wrote: 9 Oct 2024, 9:30am djnotts wrote: 9 Oct 2024, 9:02am
Expect an increase in 2nd hand e-bike sales listings on this Forum?
"8 October 2024
EBay will clamp down on the sale of e-bikes and e-bike batteries in the UK from 31 October, the BBC has learned.
The firm says that only "eligible business sellers" will be allowed to list them after this date.
It did not explain what the necessary criteria would be."
Forcing even legit ads on to other platforms will make buying more risky.
"eBay to ban private e-bike sales over fire fears":
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ywq8xgkkyo
I can't find the wording from eBay UK... anyone?
Jonathan
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by LinusR 12 Oct 2024, 9:08am
Jdsk wrote: 12 Oct 2024, 8:45am Jdsk wrote: 9 Oct 2024, 9:30am djnotts wrote: 9 Oct 2024, 9:02am
Expect an increase in 2nd hand e-bike sales listings on this Forum?
"8 October 2024
EBay will clamp down on the sale of e-bikes and e-bike batteries in the UK from 31 October, the BBC has learned.
The firm says that only "eligible business sellers" will be allowed to list them after this date.
It did not explain what the necessary criteria would be."
Forcing even legit ads on to other platforms will make buying more risky.
"eBay to ban private e-bike sales over fire fears":
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ywq8xgkkyo
I can't find the wording from eBay UK... anyone?
Jonathan
It is not policy until the end of the month. However, if you look here it seems to suggest that it is already policy - search e-bikes
https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/pr ... cy?id=5271
Jdsk
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by Jdsk 12 Oct 2024, 9:22am
That's it.
Thankyou
Jonathan
Jezrant
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by Jezrant 25 Oct 2024, 2:11pm
Tragic. Says so much about the society we live in.
The 12 survivors involved in the legal action are among 20 men of Bangladeshi heritage who were living in the two-bedroomed flat at the time. They paid £100 cash a week to sleep in bug-infested bunk beds.
