LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 16 days agoCalifornia Wants to Put License Plates on E-Bikes and Slow Them Down. Cyclists Are Not Happy About Itguessingheadlights.comexternal-linkmessage-square265linkfedilinkarrow-up1391arrow-down12
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minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·16 days agoA 110cc motorbike can do 60 mph, theres a fundamental difference between that and a souped up ebike doing 30.
minus-squarestickyprimer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·15 days agoYes but the souped up e-bikes doing 30 need regulation as well. Maybe not by placing them into an existing category where they don’t fit but some of these rigs out here are freaking ridiculous and ruining it for everyone.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 days agoSouped up e-bikes are approaching 60+ now too. This kid who killed a pedestrian was caught going 56mph in the weeks preceding the accident. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-01/o-c-teens-mom-charged-in-e-bike-crash-that-killed-81-year-old
A 110cc motorbike can do 60 mph, theres a fundamental difference between that and a souped up ebike doing 30.
Yes but the souped up e-bikes doing 30 need regulation as well. Maybe not by placing them into an existing category where they don’t fit but some of these rigs out here are freaking ridiculous and ruining it for everyone.
Souped up e-bikes are approaching 60+ now too.
This kid who killed a pedestrian was caught going 56mph in the weeks preceding the accident.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-01/o-c-teens-mom-charged-in-e-bike-crash-that-killed-81-year-old