A man without a helmet has been spotted riding in the tunnel before crashing into a lane divider and falling onto the busy motorway.
Locals are fed up with overpowered e-bikes ruling the footpaths as councils struggle to stamp out young people speeding and riding dangerously.
Perth cyclists have vented their frustration over some of WA’s roads which they say make it impossible to ride a bike safely.
Companies behind the latest rollout say there is untapped demand for “micromobility” and that technology will make a difference this time around.
Victoria will lower the age limit for riders as a trial of thousands of hire scooters on inner-Melbourne streets is extended for at least six more months.
The company went bust without ever deploying the bikes to the streets as business and councils warn the sector remains mostly unregulated by the state government.
The bicycles are sitting on city streets and in warehouses after Mobike,also known as Onyahbike,went under last year.
Melbourne will need parking spots and better bike lanes for e-scooters if they are legalised,advocates for the disabled and elderly say,with the machines still being ridden along footpaths and left strewn underfoot.
There was a time Julia Miller wouldn’t think twice about walking on a footpath. But she now fears stepping outside after a rented electric scooter ran her down while walking in Melbourne and left her with debilitating injuries.
Police allege the 19-year-old e-scooter rider ran a red light and collided with the motorcycle earlier this year,as two more people were injured in e-scooter crashes on Friday night.
Sydney’s pop-up inner-city cycleways installed to help commuters return to work during the pandemic have become so popular that they occasionally overtake the city’s busiest bike paths,furthering calls to make them a permanent fixture.