slothrop@lemmy.ca to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoAnother US state just signed a harsh new law requiring licenses, insurance for e-bikeselectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1216arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareiamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 day agoThere’s a kid in my neighborhood who rides a pedal assist ebike like 30 mph without a helmet all the time. Kid’s gonna get brained one of these days.
minus-squaredogs0n@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 hours agoDepending on where they are riding it yeah that is probably dangerous. As unfortunate as it is, bad parenting can’t be the reason e-bikes are (pretty much) banned for everyone else who rides them sensibly and safely (which is most people).
There’s a kid in my neighborhood who rides a pedal assist ebike like 30 mph without a helmet all the time. Kid’s gonna get brained one of these days.
Depending on where they are riding it yeah that is probably dangerous. As unfortunate as it is, bad parenting can’t be the reason e-bikes are (pretty much) banned for everyone else who rides them sensibly and safely (which is most people).