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I have a couple of electric bikes and a boosted, and the big advantage to being able to do a steady 25 mph is the ability to take the lane on neighborhood stree
by jchrisa 11y ago
I have a couple of electric bikes and a boosted, and the big advantage to being able to do a steady 25 mph is the ability to take the lane on neighborhood streets and be going the speed limit.
- bri3d 11y agoThat makes sense - I suppose in that sense, matching the regulation for bikes and for boards doesn't really make sense. I have an e-bike I built that won't do over 20 on electric power, but I still do tend to take the lane and go 25-30 on the street thanks to pedal assist (which boards don't have).
- jacobolus 11y agoIdeally cars should also be limited to 20 mph on all non-arterial streets, and IMO no faster than ~30 mph anywhere that isn’t a highway. Drivers have a dramatically longer time to react and much better road awareness at 20mph compared to 30–35 mph, and at 20 mph something like 5% of collisions with cyclists/pedestrians are fatal, whereas at 35+ mph the majority of such collisions are fatal. Fast-moving cars are death machines, in the hands of people I am not happy to trust with my life.
- schrodinger 11y agoI've been riding a boosted almost every day since July, and I certainly wouldn't feel safe going 25mph with a car behind me while taking a lane. The littlest piece of debris can send you flying, and that car behind you would run you right over.
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