Leicester E Bike Crackdown Backed by Readers Amid Safety Concerns

Leicester’s police are cracking down on illegal e-bikes. They are also targeting e-scooters in the city center. Readers strongly support this police action. Police confiscated many bikes in one recent day.

The crackdown is called Op Pedalfast. Police will now seize illegal vehicles right away and not give warnings first. This happened because of ongoing problems, with officers seizing 21 vehicles downtown on one day.

Many readers are happy about these seizures and one person said, “Keep up the good work!” They want dangerous, illegal machines off the streets, thinking they should never have been allowed.

One person thinks the bikes are a menace to pedestrians both downtown and elsewhere. All riders should walk with their bikes in pedestrian areas, as these bikes weave among pedestrians, causing trouble.

Police have seized 64 bikes due to Op Pedalfast, all of which will be scrapped. The mayor wants to solve city center problems and will use “all tools” to address them, including handling bikes used irresponsibly.

Private e-scooters are only allowed where landowners permit them. Some people want the crackdown to expand citywide and think it should happen all around the city.

Not everyone agrees with the crackdown. One person called it “silly policing” and thinks it wastes resources, adding that someone else needs urgent police help. Police are now taking scooters from people who paid for them.

This comment spurred much debate online. One person compared it to carrying knives. Another person disagreed about “silly policing,” stating the bikes and scooters break the law, and police are just doing their job.

Another person agrees, stating crime is crime. This matters to elderly pedestrians who cannot dodge these bikes.