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These electric cargo bikes are a hazard. They have a lot of mass and drive really fast, using infrastructure intended for human-powered vehicles. Getting hit b
by johnyzee 6y ago
These electric cargo bikes are a hazard. They have a lot of mass and drive really fast, using infrastructure intended for human-powered vehicles.
Getting hit by one of these would be not much different than getting hit by a small car, yet they race along narrow bicycle lanes, next to little children learning to drive their bicycles. I hope these get banned soon.
- jasonwatkinspdx 6y agoThis is preposterous. People with cargo ebikes are not randomly plowing into other bikers.
- bluntfang 6y agoGood point, it's not random. According to GP they are happening on multi-purpose paths not made to accommodate motorized vehicles.
- jasonwatkinspdx 6y agoI ride those paths regularly. There is not some epidemic of cargo ebikes plowing into people. Seriously, the whole HN thing of "if I imagine it that must be true" needs some reality checks.
- schwartzworld 6y agois it more believable to think they could hit a pedestrian?
- orbifold 6y agoOne of the few dangerous bike accidents I had involved a eBike. They should require a license to operate, their acceleration and breaking is far less predictable than normal bicycles and 15 year old kids should not be allowed to operate them.