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Dramatically 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 untr
by monkeywork 3y ago
Dramatically 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.