[Sriracha]

A video story on BBC this morning purports to show “the moment an e-bike rider collided with a pedestrian before tumbling from his bike.”

The BBC are being mischievous by using the term ebike for something which is clearly not a legal EAPC, thereby associating both together.

But also, looking closely at the video, it seems that the innocent pedestrian in fact outstretched his arm to deliberately catch the handlebar of the motorbike, thereby causing the rider to crash heavily. So not exactly how the BBC presents things.

I’ll attache two clips below.

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[EK Spinner]

good to see he has been on a

good to see he has been on a dangerous driving charge.

But I was also intrigued with this “he was also handed a 19-month riding ban”, Does this mean he is permitted to drive when released? can he be banned from riding a bike?

[hawkinspeter]

Looks like they’ve already

Looks like they’ve already corrected it to “electric motorcycle rider”. However, they’ve still got the browser page title as “Watch as e-bike rider crashes into pedestrian in Port Talbot”

[OnYerBike]

You beat me to it – I was

You beat me to it – I was just about to post about the exact same thing!

Not much to add other than it frustrates me too.

Stories like this fuel the anti-cycling hate mob, despite the fact that as an electric motorbike, this rider/vehicle is already treated exactly the same in law as other motor vehicles (i.e. already required to have registration plate, driving license, insurance etc.). 

By using the term “ebike” rather than “electric motorbike”, the BBC is complicit in perpetuating the myth that electric motorbikes and lawful EPACs are the same thing, when they are not. Much like escooters, it is easy to buy electric motorbikes online, and (whilst some people certainly know they are illegal to use in public), I suspect many people buy them thinking “it’s just an ebike, of course its legal”.

[Sriracha]

Before
Before

Oh, and the link to BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/crlry1rd9w3o

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