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byLocal ID10T ( 790134 ) writes:
This is something... therefore we must do it.
This is not a good solution. It does not solve the problem of people riding irresponsibly. It just adds cost and paperwork for people riding responsibly.
Just enforce the existing laws against riding irresponsibly.
bydgatwood ( 11270 ) writes:
This is something... therefore we must do it.
This is not a good solution. It does not solve the problem of people riding irresponsibly. It just adds cost and paperwork for people riding responsibly.
Just enforce the existing laws against riding irresponsibly.
Agreed. This seems incredibly dumb to me.
The reason cars require a license is because they have a high risk of killing someone else. If this were in response to e-bike riders killing other people, these laws would make sense.
But those accidents they talked about both involved kids on e-bikes being hit by cars. Unless they darted out into traffic at a rate that would have been impossible on a normal bike (very unlikely), those kids would have been killed just as dead on a normal bike.
So all this law does
byDaFallus ( 805248 ) writes:
So what happens when some dipshit on a bike or e-bike pulls out in front of a car causing them to swerve and hit someone else, and said dipshit just takes off?
Any vehicle that operates on public roads should be required to have some sort of identification tag and require licensure and insurance. Don't like it? Then keep your shit in your driveway.
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bydgatwood ( 11270 ) writes:
So what happens when some dipshit on a bike or e-bike pulls out in front of a car causing them to swerve and hit someone else, and said dipshit just takes off?
Any vehicle that operates on public roads should be required to have some sort of identification tag and require licensure and insurance. Don't like it? Then keep your shit in your driveway.
Then such a law needs to apply to all bikes, not just e-bikes. Otherwise, it is unreasonably targeted.
Also you'll need to figure out how to mandate a visible identification tag on a bike. At any size that would be readable from a distance, this would require substantial modifications to the bicycle that go far beyond what most people would consider reasonable. The limited space between the tire and the seat is reserved, by law, for a reflector or rear light. Do do what you're proposing without harming v
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