Metro – E-bike crime boom
Metro says seizures of e-bikes have nearly doubled amid a growing threat to pedestrians from modified bikes as well as their use in street crime.
Death trap E-bike that had terrifyingly fast top speed taken off the streets
A monster e-bike capable of speeding at up to 70mph has been seized as figures reveal a soaring number of ‘death trap’ e-bikes taken off the roads.
London bike lanes are becoming busier as more people swap the Tube or a car for a bicycle.
Another worrying trend is the emergence of illegal e-bike which have been modified to reach dangerous, even lethal speeds.
Now new figures have revealed how many illegal e-bikes have been taken off the road this year alone – and the numbers have soared in 12 months.
Police forces across the UK confiscated 937 e-bikes in the year to August 11, Freedom of Information figures show.
In the previous 12 months, they seized 511 illegal e-bikes.
Campaigners have raised the alarm, with Cycling UK saying they are dangerous to other cyclists and pedestrians.
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Editorial 24 September 2024.
Light at the end of this tunnel” – Tuesday’s front pages continue their coverage of the Labour Party conference taking place this week, the first party conference in power in more than 15 years.
Some newspapers cover Rachel Reeves’s speech yesterday, as the chancellor promised no return to austerity and laid out a more optimistic view of the UK economy. Many newspapers look ahead to the speech by PM Sir Keir Starmer, who will speak at the conference in Liverpool today.
Elsewhere, there is coverage of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East with many of the front pages featuring images of Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon. Many papers fret the region is on the brink of an all-out war.