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At least in the US, I believe e-bikes are deliberately speed-limited to maintain their categorization as bikes, and not need license and insurance. If they were
by Finnucane 5y ago
At least in the US, I believe e-bikes are deliberately speed-limited to maintain their categorization as bikes, and not need license and insurance. If they were built up to more motorcycle-like capacity, that would be different.
But what this post is describing is basically a cheap electric motorcycle.
- bagacrap 5y agothere are speed limits in eu too, but I still think their users are more likely to hurt themselves than someone who's trained, either by doing it a lot on a regular bike to the point that they're able to hold relatively high speeds, or going through a special certification process like a motorcyclist. It seems highly likely for a novice to hop on this new toy but be unable to safely navigate given how different it is from a car (e.g. you can't just slam brakes in the middle of turning)
- Finnucane 5y agoIS there any actual statistical evidence that ebikes are less safe than regular bikes? I haven't heard of any,
- tempest_ 5y agoAround here you sometimes see things like this https://emmo.ca/Electric-Motorcycle-Style-Ebike https://emmo.ca/Electric-Motorcycle-Style-Ebike They all have what I like to call vestigial pedals. You can barely see them tucked in near the rear tire. I have never seen someone using the pedals. Also pretty common to call them DUI-cycles around here as well.