"It's become a common sight for all of us who travel around London on bikes, on foot or in vehicles to see these electric bikes, which have been modified, tearing around at frightening speed, causing clearly significant danger to other persons. I often see these bicycles flying around in cycle lanes where they are not designed to be."
"The penalty I give will look, given there was a death, pathetically small. All I know is, he was riding a bike which was modified, there's no evidence he had modified it."
Henry Morgan, 61, was riding an illegally-modified e-bike fitted with a throttle capable of reaching 27mph when he collided with a pedestrian on Uxbridge Road in Shepherd's Bush. The pedestrian died from head injuries. Legal e-bike motors must cut out at 15.5mph. Morgan pleaded guilty to operating the modified bike without a license or insurance and failing to wear protective headgear. Westminster Magistrates' Court found Morgan not responsible for the fatal collision itself. District Judge Michael Snow banned Morgan from driving for six months and imposed a fine of £240, plus costs and victim surcharge. The judge criticized the prevalence of illegally-modified e-bikes traveling at dangerous speeds throughout London.
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Read at www.standard.co.uk
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