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Just get a speed pedelec (45km/h, no limit on power but stay on the road) if you want to go 20km/h faster than other cyclists. Going that fast on a bike line is super dangerous

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In UK it cannot be insured, it’s technically legal but in practice there is no insurance for them so you are still a criminal

Also electric scooters and mono wheels are illegal

Wait you said EU regulations suck and now you're talking about some obscure island nation not in the EU?! :-)

We have EU laws on the books But different mentality

They don’t gel very well

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