The Spread of E-Bikes and E-Scooters will take us into the Third World

This is Peter Hitchens���s Mail on Sunday column

I think that I shall meet my fate somewhere upon a London street, splatted on a pavement or a pedestrian crossing by an electric bike or an electric scooter. I used to think I would probably be killed while riding my bicycle, and it is still a risk, but you can take precautions against that. It is far harder to guard against this silent speedy danger.

I experience or witness more and more near misses involving these horrible vehicles. Recently...