Riders scramble to ‘lock’ e-scooters to speed limits

Riders scramble to ‘lock’ e-scooters to speed limits

Another method was changing the “P-settings”. For example, if the unlimited top speed was 60km/h, users could set this to 41 per cent. Or people could set the mode or gear somewhere between one and five, or change between eco to turbo, to get a top speed close to 25km/h.

“For the average e-scooter rider, this is all too complex. It is all too hard, and they talk to different people and get different answers,” Hemmings said.