I agree many more people will feel more comfortable with an ebike in traffic but there are plenty of places without a plethora of ebikes and also plenty of bike

I agree many more people will feel more comfortable with an ebike in traffic but there are plenty of places without a plethora of ebikes and also plenty of bike commuters, but this change doesn't happen. The "feels much safer" argument is mostly about drivers respecting cyclists...which hi-viz and ebikes won't do. Hi-viz and helmet admonishments only lead to victim blaming. Hi-viz won't make me show up on a driver's phone, sadly. In cities with reasonable 25mph speed limits and traffic calming then riding around with a regular bike works fine. EBikes are only icing on the cake for some people but I disagree that this is a simple single technical fix (i.e. more ebikes).