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* You're not really a regular bicycle anymore due to your speed, but you're also not a motorcycle that deserves its own lane.* If you’re traveling at normal ro

• llampx 5y ago
  That's how it is for S-Pedelecs in Germany.
  • nicce 5y ago
    In Finland you get heavy fines for going faster than 25km/h with motor-assisted ebike (if using motor). If you go faster, depending on the speed, you are fined based on taxes avoided on using this kind of vehicle, plus fines based on driving unlicensed vehicle, plus fines possibly driving without driver’s license and some other fines too.
• wayoutthere 5y ago
  E-bikes in the US require pressure on the pedals to avoid being classified as vehicles (they’re cycling assist devices). That said, many people have retrofitted those assist systems with garage modifications that remove the need to push the pedals or even add a digital “throttle”. Illegal? Sure. Are they going to get charged for it? Probably not.
  • gambiting 5y ago
    >>Illegal? Sure. Are they going to get charged for it? Probably not. Until they get into an accident and they discover that no insurance will cover them in any way because they were riding an illegaly modified vehicle. Also good way to find yourself 100% at fault in any collision.
  • mrep 5y ago
    No they don't. Federal class 2 ebikes are allowed throttle power without any assist.