manualoverride@lemmy.world to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world · 1 month agoSorry Darin, not a grasslemmy.worldimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageSorry Darin, not a grasslemmy.worldmanualoverride@lemmy.world to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
On some things the UK is progressive, on other issues, like sustainable transport, they see it as antisocial behaviour.
minus-squareBye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoYou can’t get car insurance on a bike but you can still ride it in the street??? Of course e-bikes etc shouldn’t be on sidewalks or bike paths, but it should be fine for them to be in the street. That’s absurd.
minus-squareNickwithaC@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoE-bikes definitely belong in bike lanes. It’s only electric motorcycles that belong on the road. The difference is size and top speed.
minus-squareBye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoE-bikes are electric motorcycles, there’s no difference without some top speed enforcement mechanism.
minus-squareNickwithaC@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoLiterally what I just said. The top speed of pedal assisted bikes is mostly just 15 mph. That’s bike lane speed.
You can’t get car insurance on a bike but you can still ride it in the street???
Of course e-bikes etc shouldn’t be on sidewalks or bike paths, but it should be fine for them to be in the street. That’s absurd.
E-bikes definitely belong in bike lanes. It’s only electric motorcycles that belong on the road. The difference is size and top speed.
E-bikes are electric motorcycles, there’s no difference without some top speed enforcement mechanism.
Not according to law.
Literally what I just said. The top speed of pedal assisted bikes is mostly just 15 mph. That’s bike lane speed.