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NSW to legalise e-scooters on paths and roads up to 20km/h for those over 16 (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 3 months ago by conorab@lemmy.conorab.com to c/sydney@aussie.zone

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This seems like a sensible but odd carveout. The law is essentially legalising e-scooters on shared paths, and bike lanes on roads with no more than 20km/h. The proposition does not allow them on footpaths, which you’d think would be the most relevant place. Personally, I’m surprised they wouldn’t allow them on footpaths but no more than 5 km/h in heavy pedestrian areas (anywhere a car would have to do 40 km/h or less), especially since you could potentially require shared e-scooters to enforce this speed with GPS.

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[–] Tau@aussie.zone 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Slowly catching up with the times, classic NSW though having to be different to everyone else and make it 20km/h rather than 25.

Really should be allowed on footpaths (maybe with lower limit) but I guess small steps are better than the current situation where they're illegal but mainly ignored. The ACT allows both escooters and bicycles on the footpath and this works fine, so take claims it'd be super dangerous with a large serving of salt.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 8 points 3 months ago

Considering NSW and Victoria are still a century behind the times when it comes to allowing even normal bikes onto footpaths, I wouldn't be holding my breath here.