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Britain’s illegal e-bike boom: desperation, delivery drivers – and unthinkable danger

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Britain’s illegal e-bike boom: desperation, delivery drivers – and unthinkable danger

www.theguardian.com

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E-bikes can legally travel at 15.5mph. But the fastest the police have seized was capable of 70mph. What will stop the rise of these souped-up and potentially fatal vehicles?

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The horror, and yet cars that can do 200km/hr are legal

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