grue@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoSomeone gets killed by a car, so they restrict e-bikes.www.centraloregondaily.comexternal-linkmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down143file-textcross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.worldmicromobility@lemmy.world
arrow-up1293arrow-down1external-linkSomeone gets killed by a car, so they restrict e-bikes.www.centraloregondaily.comgrue@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square108fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.worldmicromobility@lemmy.world
minus-squareEatATaco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoLet’s not downplay how fast 20mph is on the sidewalk. When you’re expecting people to be moving at 4mph, 5 times that is ridiculously fast. Additionally, according to your article, they are capped at 28mph. Which is stupid fast on a sidewalk.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months ago Additionally, according to your article, they are capped at 28mph. That’s class 3. The vast majority of e-bikes are class 2.
Let’s not downplay how fast 20mph is on the sidewalk. When you’re expecting people to be moving at 4mph, 5 times that is ridiculously fast.
Additionally, according to your article, they are capped at 28mph. Which is stupid fast on a sidewalk.
That’s class 3. The vast majority of e-bikes are class 2.