Dave Wood Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Anybody know him? People like this bringing negative media coverage to the community are only making legislation harder! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8216895/Man-riding-UNICYCLE-28mph-main-road-pulled-wobbling-much.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stillhart Posted April 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 14, 2020 Isn't the Daily Mail known for being complete trash that nobody takes seriously? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwave Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 19 minutes ago, Dave Wood said: People like this bringing negative media coverage to the community are only making legislation harder! You guys have to get those Pub's back open! Keep these lunatics of the streets! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Wobbling too much? That is the phrase I used after hitting a pothole. Someone please educate the Daily Mail and UK police that the actual term is called carving. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Wood Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Stillhart said: Isn't the Daily Mail known for being complete trash that nobody takes seriously? All newspapers in the uk are trash Dail Mail, Sun, Mirror, Star ect are all just as bad but that's not really the point though is it? The Gloucestershire police tweeted it originally Edited April 14, 2020 by Dave Wood 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post UniVehje Posted April 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 14, 2020 On the picture it looks like he was riding a Ninebot One S2. That goes like a 14-15 mph max. If he was really riding 28 mph+ on an S2 I'm not surprised he wobbled. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Wood Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 Just now, Rehab1 said: Wobbling too much? That is the phrase I used after hitting a pothole. Someone please educate the Daily Mail and UK police that the actual term is called carving. or maybe he wasnt competent rider (still learning) and was generally 'wobbling'.. shouldn't be carving on a main road anyway with traffic, copper would think your drunk. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Just now, Dave Wood said: or maybe he wasnt competent rider (still learning) and was generally 'wobbling'.. shouldn't be carving on a main road anyway with traffic, copper would think your drunk. Yes I totally agree. I wish there was a video instead of a still shot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atdlzpae Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 What's that unicycle? It can't be a Ninebot if it does 28mph... ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchet Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 UK cops? I'm surprised they didn't charge him with hate speech for saying "Hi guys" and possibly mis-gendering the poor police, lol. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_bike_kite Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 The police over here tend to be quite good and they might simply smile and ignore you if you're riding reasonably carefully on a quiet road but, if you look out of control on a main road and seem to be a danger to yourself, then you'll likely get pulled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RockyTop Posted April 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 14, 2020 28+ MPH ?? Too many problems with this statement. 1st) I thought you blokes in the UK used km/h. If not than please make Canada stop using km/h. Unlike your rotten kid the USA, Canada still listens to you. 2nd) How did that guy get a Ninebot One to go 28+ MPH?? Are the police falsifying evidence? Is this guy an EUC hacker? It would make a lot more sense if they meant to say he was going 28+km/h. You know I bet that is it!! I have never actually seen anything reported correctly. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..... Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) helluvah rider to wobble at 28mph... At least he had his helmet on. 'words of advice' how laughable. Maybe they told him how to ride it better. Edited April 14, 2020 by ShanesPlanet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 These are still ilegal in the UK, so if all the police did is to take his details, then that is really good news. Maybe Police are turning a blind eye as UK has said it intends to legalise PLEVs later this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..... Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) I'd imagine its a world wide occurrence, people getting warning and not citations or jail. At least around here, they are trying NOT to issue court dates or take people to booking, as they dont want the liability for covid. You get a ticket, you have the RIGHT to go to a crowded courtroom and defend yourself(in the USA). They take you to booking, they and you will be risking transmission of any virus. Tis going to be an excellent summer for hoodlums(not that this rider is)! I didnt see the video, so i cant judge him. I do know that its not uncommon for media and police to mildly misrepresent things. If its illegal there, not much worry he's hurting the image as it's already been decided. Lets not call him out, as he will be unfairly harassed as people have already jumped to judgement. Edited April 14, 2020 by ShanesPlanet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will R Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 https://mobile.twitter.com/GlosCityPolice/status/1249340405457567744 Here is a link to the police's original tweet, if any one wanted to leave any positive comments supporting EUCs, their safety and sustainability. It won't take very long for the daily mail trolls to drown out any possible logical conversation and ruin this opportunity to preserve the public impression we've maintained so far. Negativity won't help us one bit, so if you have nothing nice to say say it here and not there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrell Wesh Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 10 hours ago, UniVehje said: On the picture it looks like he was riding a Ninebot One S2. That goes like a 14-15 mph max. If he was really riding 28 mph+ on an S2 I'm not surprised he wobbled. It says that the man pictured riding a ninebot one is a different person than the man in the article. Not the same person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rywokast Posted April 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2020 am i just supposed to take their word for it? nah.. wheres the video of him "wobbling" 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seage Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 What were supposed to do if we did know who he was? Call him out publicly? Beat him in the street and release the film to the public so they know that we wont tolerate wobbles? Theres no proof besides "yeah, he was unstable" and then...thats it. Feels like a non-issue. And i doubt that one guy with loose legs would be enough to shift anything, but I could be wrong. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Boivin Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Yeah without video it's hard to say if he was actually riding unsafe or not. Speed wobbling or minor oscillations? Would the cops know the difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafal Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 5 hours ago, Darrell Wesh said: It says that the man pictured riding a ninebot one is a different person than the man in the article. Not the same person The guy on ninebot is from Madrid. This is a link to different article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mike_bike_kite Posted April 17, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2020 A better picture showed up which seemed to show a KS18XL and the rider seemed looked to be riding absolutely fine. I guess it was a slow day for the police. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rywokast Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 19 minutes ago, mike_bike_kite said: A better picture showed up which seemed to show a KS18XL and the rider seemed looked to be riding absolutely fine. I guess it was a slow day for the police. not surprised at all 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WI_Hedgehog Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) Perhaps "wobbling" was actually "avoiding potholes" and the coppers felt they needed to support each other after being embarrassed they did not see the obvious? That whole story is embarrassing to the tabloid, using false pictures, confusing speed units, and no effort put into researching what happened, what EUCs are, and not writing a decent story--it's like something a child would write for a school newspaper. Edited April 17, 2020 by WI_Hedgehog 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atdlzpae Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Let's be honest - no one sane would keep riding 50km/h if they were wobbling. Unless they're a fan of broken bones obviously. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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