Meanwhile locally to be two people were fined more 80000 NOK each for driving an e scooter drunk on the road plus points and it\s iimplied the same for a chipped bike .
Charged for riding motorised vehicle illegally, no insurance, no proper helmet, drunk and so on
^ I was wrong on that - seems that a driving ban is part of the majority of serious driving offences. My impression of the sentences being too lenient (imo) gave me that idea, but, nope.
I was also unaware of that case, the obvious parallel is there to be drawn with with everyone’s favourite junior hipster Charlie Alliston, who got 18 months (in a young offenders institute?)
No motor in that instance, but his decision to remove brakes from his fixie must have factored in the verdict and sentencing what he was riding still constituted a “bicycle”. A chipped E-bike that can top 27mph is an unlicensed motor vehicle by current legal definition right?
So someone more legally literate explain the differing sentences (or are they broadly equivalent)? Am I better off killing somebody with a Chipped E-bike or moped than a brakeless fixie? (Asking for a friend)…
Edit: Re-reading the article it seems ignorance is now an accepted defence.
Those proudly owning up to chipping their E-bikes would be well advised to go scrub their interweb postings, just in case they ever need to make use of that little nugget 😉