Time To Act Against Trimmed Up Mopeds

I use a moped to get work as an environmentally friendly alternative to having a second car and I think it’s great. But I don't know how many times I've been cruising along only to have some young kid zoom past me on a trimmed up moped, doing will over 40km/h. This is the problem with mopeds in Sweden. It's too easy for young kids (mostly boys) to trim up the mopeds and then drive around like idiots taking no responsibility for the consequences of their actions.

The new suggestion that moped riders should need a drivers licence is a bit hard but so be it if it puts a stop to these assholes who think its fine to do 50+km/hr on a cycle path. What surprises me most is that the parents of these kids allow them to do this. I don't understand how the parents can sit back whilst their sons and daughters are out on trimmed up bikes running such an increased risk of hurting themselves and others.

Instead of introducing a driving license maybe instead it would be enough to raise the age limit to drive a moped to 18years. In this way it would not penalise those people who use a moped precisely because it does not require a driving license. Also the penalties for trimming the bikes up should be raised.