manualoverride@lemmy.world to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world · 7 months agoSorry Darin, not a grasslemmy.worldimagemessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down18file-textcross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.world
arrow-up181arrow-down1imageSorry Darin, not a grasslemmy.worldmanualoverride@lemmy.world to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.world
On some things the UK is progressive, on other issues, like sustainable transport, they see it as antisocial behaviour.
minus-squareBye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-27 months 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-up3·7 months 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-up3arrow-down3·7 months agoE-bikes are electric motorcycles, there’s no difference without some top speed enforcement mechanism.
minus-squareNickwithaC@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months 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.