New Jersey has just taken one of the most aggressive – and controversial – steps yet in regulating electric bikes,…

  • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    I know. And I still want it. Why? Because if people here don’t give a fuck about safety (neither theirs nor that of others), then at least we should force them to have the bare minimum to be accountable.

    Would it be better if they did it in a different way? Probably, but I know this country, and I know people don’t give a fuck about other when they drive any vehicle, so yeah, give me this, make them pay an insurance and get a license. And fuck them all, because we can’t have good things here.

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      1 day ago

      Almost like they’re cycles. Cycles with motors. Could call them “motorcycles” for short. And treat them as such.

      (Agreeing with you in case it isn’t obvious with my sassy tone).