I know the layouts more simple and the roads bigger. But a Electric Scooter rental scheme like the Boris bike only without stations, well it looked to work just fine in Brisbane. I say give it a chance .

If the law allows me to push a pram with a baby in it without having to pass any special test, then why not the same for electric scooters? They should be regarded as electric bicycles.

Unless your pram has some kind of motor assistance, it is a different kind of vehicle, under human power only. A normal bicycle is not limited to 15.5 mph either. I recall an incident in about 1955 when a sixth-form lad was stopped by police for allegedly doing 34mph downhill on a 30-limit road.

As a student I once overtook a Rolls-Royce going down Black Dog Hill in Wiltshire on my fairly ordinary pushbike. Those were the days .... :-)

Can we expect the reinstatement of the Red Flag Act soon?

Who are you thinking of employing to maintain a steady 15.5 mph ?

Usain Bolt's not doing much at the moment.

In Brisbane they have so called "Juicers" who go round on other escooters carrying about six escooters replacing ones with exhausted batteries. I spent some time in Brisbane and to be honest was blown away by how cool it was..