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Firstly, this is another positive for EVs. They do have brakes but most have regenerative braking too, which is clean. Secondly, ebikes are rampantly misused i
by oliwarner 2y ago
Firstly, this is another positive for EVs. They do have brakes but most have regenerative braking too, which is clean.
Secondly, ebikes are rampantly misused in pedestrian areas, often used without helmets, often upclocked, many used for delivering, or kids. And because they're not a regulated vehicle, nobody has third party insurance.
There are legal ebikes and nobody has any more of a problem with them than normal bicycles when used in the right places.
- ndsipa_pomu 2y agoHowever, even illegal e-bikes (or unregistered e-motorbikes to be more accurate) are preferable in my view to the problems associated with car traffic. At least when an e-bike rider does something stupid and crashes, they will typically end up hurting themselves which can be an important learning moment. Car drivers don't have the same "skin-in-the-game" to ensure that they're paying attention. It's harm reduction - let's encourage the most irresponsible car drivers to be irresponsible e-bike (legal or not) riders and we should end up with far less congestion, pollution and collisions.
- mschuster91 2y ago> And because they're not a regulated vehicle, nobody has third party insurance. At least here in Germany, assuming it's not a tuned bike, it's covered by your regular liability insurance.
- ghaff 2y agoIn the US at least, I'm not sure what "regular liability insurance" means. Might be something on a homeowner's policy and something on auto insurance but it's probably not something the average person necessarily has.