• 0 Posts
  • 5 Comments
Joined 13 days ago
cake
Cake day: March 26th, 2026

help-circle



  • I’m in the Logan council area so maybe policing is a bit different down here.

    Honestly, the speed limit doesn’t phase me but I felt 15KPH was too slow but when I irregularly used my escooter to commute 15KPH across 30KMs is a long time but I basically was in motorcycle gear (I sold it and bus now thanks for 50c fares). I have seen a lot of cyclists powering along at 40KPH being 1 pebble or wobble from going under a car. Either bikes, scooters, skateboards, ewhatevers can wipe out a runner without visibility which is the biggest issue with Brisbane streets.

    In a lot of these situations a police officer in a car (which is most likely position they will see these sorts of things happen) is the worst option for enforcement because they cannot pursue. If you cannot pursue, you cannot enforce making it a weak law. How often do you see push bike police in suburban streets though? Never.

    Ebike is not a motorbike though. You can get a Zero EV Motorcycle and they go zero to 100 in 1 second, are registered etc and always on the road. Ebikes and escooters are an in-between that need their own classifications.

    My opinion comes from an ex-motorcyclist and I always felt push bike riding was the more dangerous activity.