Cardiff electric bike incident

[BoldonLad]

Can an electric bike do 30mph?

An illegally modified or illegal type, yes. It can be witnessed daily in South Tyneside.

 

[C R]

An illegally modified or illegal type, yes. It can be witnessed daily in South Tyneside.

It is also likely that neither the brakes nor the rider will be suited to handle the bike at those speeds.

 

[AndyRM]

Cheer yourself up by writing some sh1te on the internet then!

Been doing it for years. Limited appeal these days, even on unmoderated forums.

 

[AndyRM]

An illegally modified or illegal type, yes. It can be witnessed daily in South Tyneside.

Yup. There are a couple lads on my street who have them and because I was curious had a go. Insane how rapid they are.

 

[BoldonLad]

Yup. There are a couple lads on my street who have them and because I was curious had a go. Insane how rapid they are.

@AndyRM !, I am shocked! You rode an illegal e-bike!

 

[AndyRM]

@AndyRM !, I am shocked! You rode an illegal e-bike!

On the pavement, without a helmet and being pursued/followed.

 

[matticus]

Does not appear to be hanging around.


View: https://youtu.be/9zysQM8AbBA

Odd that the timestamp drifts off-screen half-way through that clip.

 

[Bromptonaut]

According to reports I saw (BBC), a bus was involved

I saw that too. Not immediately clear if it was proven or speculation.

 

[Bromptonaut]

Odd that the timestamp drifts off-screen half-way through that clip.

It looks as though somebody has filmed the doorbell camera's screen with a phone. Thus what you see changes.

 

[fozy tornip]

Odd that the timestamp drifts off-screen half-way through that clip.

Very.
The figure on the grassy knoll was using video editing software on a laptop.
Coincidence?

 

[glasgowcyclist]

According to reports I saw (BBC), a bus was involved

BBC is now reporting the DCC as saying there was no other vehicle involved:

• Deputy Chief Constable Rachel Bacon set out a timeline of events, and said the crash took place half a mile away from a police vehicle
• She said there were no police in Snowden Road, where the crash took place, and that no other vehicle was involved in the incident

 

[multitool]

An illegally modified or illegal type, yes. It can be witnessed daily in South Tyneside.

Weird, yet to see them round here, or in nearby cities. It's all electric scooters or mopeds

BBC is now reporting the DCC as saying there was no other vehicle involved:

• Deputy Chief Constable Rachel Bacon set out a timeline of events, and said the crash took place half a mile away from a police vehicle
• She said there were no police in Snowden Road, where the crash took place, and that no other vehicle was involved in the incident

Right, so to the forum headless-chickens, is she lying?

 

[Bromptonaut]

Graun has new/different video:


View: https://youtu.be/-5p7kSvhmpA


That puts the van some 10+ seconds behind the bike and appears to show that the bike carries on while the Police vehicle goes off down a road to the left.

 

[multitool]

No flashing lights, no sirens.

Yeah. All the hallmarks of a high speed pursuit.

You people

 

[Beebo]

That video is taken on Stanway Road.
Which is blocked to vehicles at the junction of Snowden, which is why the van goes left, as it can’t go straight on. And the riders would have known that.
Going left takes the van down Howell Road on a big detour well away from snowden.
Absolutely tragic that the boys were dead 1 minute later, but I would argue they were the authors of their own misfortune.