E-bikes can legally travel at 15.5mph. But the fastest the police have seized was capable of 70mph. What will stop the rise of these souped-up and potentially fatal vehicles?

I have 2 e-bikes: a cargo bike, and a folding mountain bike. As per Canadian law they max out at 32km/hr, and can be electric-only or pedal-assist.
Interesting to see differing regulations and enforcement.

  • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Honestly can’t blame people for having opinion on (illegal)ebike. We love to blame carbrain for this, but…they also written a book on how to build car and how the driver should act, there’s only like a few pages, if not one, that applicable to cyclist, and ebike adhere to the same rule as bicycle, yet the potential of harm(self or others) is higher than bicycle. Though i’d argue that throttle and a bit higher speed(30kmph) helps, illegal one is essentially a motorcycle that disguised as a bicycle.