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Requiring things like licenses and insurance would be a great way to drasticially reduce the uptake of ebikes, which seems like a horrible idea. I think this is
by MattRix 3y ago
Requiring things like licenses and insurance would be a great way to drasticially reduce the uptake of ebikes, which seems like a horrible idea. I think this is a situation where your proposes solution (which I don’t think would be effective anyway!) is worse than the problem.
- monkeywork 3y agoDramatically INCREASING the uptake of something that has serious safety concerns shouldn't be something we urge people to do. I can't see how having more untrained, unregistered, unregulated, vehicles and riders flying around is a good thing in any scenario.
- s0rce 3y agoCars operated by "trained" and registered and regulated people kill more than ebikes.
- renewiltord 3y ago[flagged]
- s0rce 3y agoWe don't allow ebikes on the road?
- monkeywork 3y agoHow is that an argument? That in no way counters a single point I made - or are you just trying to distract?
- acover 3y agoAre you talking about serious safety risk to the rider or too others? From what I can find ebikes tend to kill their rider. Though I can't find good statistics to answer my question.
- monkeywork 3y ago>Are you talking about serious safety risk to the rider or too others? To the rider, pedestrians, riders of traditional bikes, and property damage.
- tguvot 3y agoin israel e-things tend to kill pedestrians (half a dozen of deaths a year i think, maybe more). and a whole lot of injuries.
- MattRix 3y agoI never said they should be unregulated! There should still be laws that ebike users have to follow (just like regular bike users do), and police should enforce those laws as strictly as possible so that most people comply to them. You can do this without requiring training, licenses or insurance.
- monkeywork 3y agowe have a long history of no to little enforcement (because it's incredibly difficult to do) on traditional bikes largely due to lack of licensing/training.
- parineum 3y agoI hope you're not responsible for solving the shortages of airline pilots.
- MattRix 3y agoThis has nothing to do with pilots, it has to do with ebikes. They are completely different contexts.
- analog31 3y agoIronically, insurance would make it cheaper for most of us. My rationale is that car insurance carriers would compete to sign up bike commuters because of the reduced liability risk, and would do so by offering us lower rates on our car policies.
- aembleton 3y agoWhat stops insurance companies from doing that now? Car insurance companies could ask if you have a bike and give you a reduced policy.
- analog31 3y agoGood point and question. Don't know. One possible thing is that the insurance companies value higher premiums more than lower payouts.
- midoridensha 3y agoHere in Tokyo, it's legally required to have liability insurance to ride a bicycle. I don't know how many people actually do this, but it is the legal requirement. It's also very inexpensive (and a good idea in case you hurt a pedestrian). It hasn't stopped bicycling from being very popular for getting around, and it seems like every mother with kids has an ebike with a child seat or two.