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One of the riskier aspects of e-bikes is the subversion of other road-user expectations. If I see someone on (what appears to be) a bike, feet on pedals, (appa
by kristjansson 5y ago
One of the riskier aspects of e-bikes is the subversion of other road-user expectations. If I see someone on (what appears to be) a bike, feet on pedals, (apparently) coasting, a few decades of biking and driving lead me to expect that person to stop, or at least slow down. On an e-bike, though, they might maintain speed, or accelerate (!) without any change in attitude.
No harder to judge than a motorcycle, of course, but it will take time for 'static person on bike' to connote 'might accelerate without warning!' to the navigational lizard brain.
- soperj 5y agoFor the most part I've found that drivers pay little to any attention to bikers as is, let alone to whether they're pedaling or not.
- NoPicklez 5y agoI find this happens to me on a normal bike and its one of the main problems I deal with. A driver comes to a corner and looks to give way and sees a cyclist, depending on their judgement after their initial glimpse of me they might think I'm going slow only to realise I'm actually travelling much quicker. They pull out and I have to brake in order to not hit them. I think we've all done the same thing in a car as well as some point.
- tonyedgecombe 5y agoI always try and make eye contact with the driver in that situation. If I can't then I assume they will pull out in from of me.