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Who needs the protection of lights when you've got headphones on, a nice black hoodie pulled over half your field of vision and a smart phone in one hand? Absolutely untouchable!

My primary school didn't allow us to cycle to school - got to secondary school and there must have been a couple of hundred bike racks in the bike sheds - and they were pretty much all used! I had lights on my bike for night riding by the time I was 10 though - those horrible dynamo things; you...

Well, as there is no such thing as an open season for other road users, be they cyclists, scooter riders or mororcyclists, hopefully these shites in their invulnerable cars will eventually accumulate enough points to be taken off the road, preferably for good. Maybe they can then turn their...

Except that sometimes they kill or injure someone walking on thhe pavement, and sometimes they themselves get killed (not always because of their lack of consideration; many car drivers with a sense of entitlement and an aggreesive disposition should also be force-fed 'consideration'!)

Agree (I think) - limit the speed to 15 mph (ones adapted to go faster confiscated on sight). Other than that, same rulles as for cyclists - but for gawd's sake bloody enforce them! Every police constable could self fund by starting their shift by nabbing the first three three w*nkers they see...

Unfortunately there is no way of making 'consideration' universal, compulsory or enforceable.

Upto the age of secondary education, perhaps?

No problem here - mine have all left home and got their own driving licences now!

That's exactly what I did with my daughters too - and that was a waste of time too!

True - but the roads were a lot narrower then - only two lanes, and lorries squeezed passed you, barely inches away from you and the bike! Yes, but all the way through this discussion I have advocated that scooters should not be allowed on pavements. Achieve that aim, and my 'bubble' - ie the...

If I am on the pavement, and scooters are on the road, there is no risk to me. If the scooter is illegally on the pavement, the rider will be prosecuted and damages can be awarded. Bicycle riders are not insured, and that's not a problem. Scooters no different.

No CP at my school. I was coming up for 9 when I got my first bike, and my Dad did the training - he would 'ride shotgun' behind me, slightly further out than me to protect me. Come to think of it, that was on the bloody A27 at Polegate!

Question is, do you - or did you - ride a bike, and if so did you ride it legally on the road? If you did, I can't see that a scooter would be any more dangerous to you or to other road users. I still ride a bike (occasionally) but I don't go as fast as these scooters dp these days! It depends...

Yes. Maybe up to the age of ten, or when they start at secondary school, perhaps? Do they still offer cycle proficiency courses in the last year at primary school?

Amended for you............

Up to the scooter riders to assess the risks and act accordingly, same as for cyclists, mountaineers, climbers, divers, horse riders, rally and racing drivers, TT motorcyclists and a host of other extreme sports - all of which can kill you (as occasionally even cricket can). If some scooter...

All the more reason for it to be illegal to ride them on the pavement.

I've never been injured by a bicycle (apart from falling off my own in my younger days!) in more than 70 years, and I have no fear of it being any different with scooters. In my solution, I will be on the pavement, they willl be on the road/cycle track, remember. As a pedestrian, I will of...

No need to complicate things - and definately no justifiable reason to provide yet another cash-cow for the insurance companies (who are doubtless lobbying the government already to provide them with more income). Same laws as bicycles (electrically aided or otherwise) and enforce them (and...

Guessing the politicians in Oz, just like the politicians in Britain, will never admit they've ballsed it up and repeal bad legislation?