New rules are coming to unincorporated Orange County as supervisors look to crack down on e-bike misuse.

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    5 months ago

    I’ll rewrite the headline to be more truthful:

    “Politicians in Orange County facing pressure as car manufacturers increasingly worried that urban dwellers are buying fewer cars.”

    Key hints in the article:

    • “Increasing complaints from the community” - nicely vague, and redirects focus that the pressure is coming from the community and not car dealers.
    • “Accidents up 500℅” - nicely vague, and could equally mean “we had 5 accidents this year instead of 1.” Also cleverly shifts blame to the victims; equivalent to saying “rapes are up 500%, the problem is women wearing bikinis!”

    Orange County is a bastion of Conservativism in California. An article with this bent is not surprising to me.