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‘Car brain’: Queensland government criticised for proposed age, speed and licence limits on ebikes
(www.theguardian.com)
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We.should recgonize ebike restrictions as baltent attempts to limit certain peoples mobility
I see most of these attempts to limit/regulate e-bikes as another classic case of "let's make it worse for everybody because a few people can't behave", but this is a new low, wow.
And those "a few people" are mostly motorists who hit cyclists
I was thinking more of your typical irresponsible users, anecdotal evidence I know, but most red light runners I see are e-bikers. Very easy to point at them as a "reasonable" basis for laws like that
why would law makers want to limit certain peoples mobility ?
Discrimination against young people. They can't use social media either, nor can thru get around on am ebike. Make it make sense without coming to the obvious conclusion that society just hates them
Young people also can't drink, can't drive, and are belong to the special class of "minors" according to the law. Is all of this discrimination against young people also ?
The fact that they can't drive is highly relevant here. Their other options are being taken away. Why?
Well thats my original question.
The comment I replied to claims that its discrimination against young people, and i am asking why lawmakers would do that?
The law in general identifies a range of things that young people should not be empowered to participate in.
It could only be "discrimination" if there were no reason for the law other than to disadvantage those young people.
The law is poorly considered, but its not discrimination.
Don’t bother asking reasonable questions.
People really, really want to kill themselves on e-bikes.
"I'm too wasted to use a pushbike so I should have an electric motorcycle" isn't the strong argument you think it is.
What about riding distances further than one would be capable or willing to ride without a motor?
Many people wouldn't be interested in riding, say, 10-15km each direction especially in a hilly area, but a motor could be a game changer.
The idea that you're not tough enough if you don't pushbike it is just ignorance and ironically more likely to push people into driving or other modes of transport.
It's already illegal to ride a bike while intoxicated, you can loose your drivers permit on a pushbike