I rode one of these as a teenager delivering groceries for the local coop.
Single speed, poor geometry.
Sometimes i had so much on the front, it was difficult to stop as the back wheel would lift off the ground
The 70s were a different country 😀

Surely at 30mph it's a motorbike not an ebike, illegal or otherwise.

Part of the media's campaign of demonising cycling.

I was there. I went for the day with a friend. Sprint, tandem sprint finals. Great day

Only 4years for causing death by dangerous driving. No insurance or licence.

It is time that our legal system took road violence seriously. This was not an 'accident'. It was the result of Dangerous driving and a total lack of consideration for others.