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What the upcoming nationwide e-bike crackdown means for you (www.sbs.com.au)

submitted 2 months ago by Quokka@quokk.au to c/australia@quokk.au

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[–] fizzle@quokk.au 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sorry chief cars are heavily regulated. The whole point of this article is that e-bikes should be also. Kinda shut yourself down there.

[–] pixxelkick@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Uh we don't fuckin ban the sale of cars though, thats insane and stupid.

"Children were driving cars into people so instead of banning children from driving cars, banned the sale of them unless they cant go faster than 25km/hr"

Which, by the way, is still stupid.

Ebikes will still completely fuck a person uo if you hit them at 25km/hr.

Unlike a pedal bike, ebikes are WAY heavier and have way more momentum, so that will still cause massive damage.

The whole thing is stupid, top to bottom.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 1 points 2 months ago

E-bikes are not cars. They're two different classes of vehicle with completely different uses, advantages, and risks.