Anything other than that would already be viewed as a motorbike and would require riders to have helmets, insurance and a driving licence - so more regulation won’t help with that.
I’m not sure, but I get the impression this proposed change would allow councils to selectively ban e-bikes from places such as parks and bridleways, where bikes and pedestrians share space together. I think I’d be in favour of that personally.
Except the riders of these throttle powered/illegally modded bikes don’t do any of those things. They ride on the pavement, they ride on the cycle lanes (in the wrong direction) and they don’t stop at traffic lights.
There’s definitely a PR push to demonise e-bikes recently.
in all fairness, people are essentially using motorbikes without any actual motorbike training. people will get hurt
Legally an electric bike is the same as an ordinary push bike as long as it can’t go over 15.5 mph under its own power and it has pedals.
Anything other than that would already be viewed as a motorbike and would require riders to have helmets, insurance and a driving licence - so more regulation won’t help with that.
I’m not sure, but I get the impression this proposed change would allow councils to selectively ban e-bikes from places such as parks and bridleways, where bikes and pedestrians share space together. I think I’d be in favour of that personally.
Except the riders of these throttle powered/illegally modded bikes don’t do any of those things. They ride on the pavement, they ride on the cycle lanes (in the wrong direction) and they don’t stop at traffic lights.
yeah agreed, they are already breaking the law with impunity so additional regulation isn’t going to change anything there.