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I did read what you said I just don't agree, and you haven't raised any reasonable points to persuade me to change my mind. Your point is 10km is too slow...!!! And it's impractical!! and slow!! You raised a point that kids couldnt get to school which I demonstrated was wrong, you raised that prebuilt bike paths would all be 10km/h which I also demonstrated was wrong.
You disregard what traffic is on these paths as 'irrelevant' when I couldn't disagree more, the traffic that's on the paths is entirely relevant and must be factored into the equation. This isn't a ecyclists come first ignore all traffic that must be on the footpaths cos only ecyclists matter.
I still think the fact that most traffic on these paths is pedestrian, and that traffic is vastly people walking at 4km/h or less (just my assumption based on what I see), a speed limit on escooters and ebikes of more than double that on these shared pathways is reasonable.
I note your point on people acting dangerously already can have thier assets seized, and I ask you to remember police can't patrol it as we know due to lived experience today.
If you read my comments you would see my point of, society has to walk as fast as thier slowest person, which is that idiot that hoons through footpaths knocking over the 80yr old getting his paper in the morning. So a flat speed limit is introduced to stop this from happening. Stop hating on me, and instead hate on the idiots, who had the option to do the right thing, didn't and sped on footpaths, causing the government to introduce legislation to stop it from happening. It's those idiots that made this legislation as if they hadve done the right thing you wouldnt be facing these changes.
If your goal is to get people out of cars, making cycling take 6 times as long as driving certainly isn't practical.
It's also, as has already been stated, dangerous. 10 km/h is below the recommended minimum speed for safe cycling and it makes bikes unsteady.
This is all ignoring one simple fact: the vast majority of the time, there are no pedestrians around. Why should an ebike have to go at an impractical, dangerously low speed, when there is literally nobody whose safety is being improved as a result? Most of our shared paths and footpaths have pedestrians only rarely, and it's very easy to slow down and safely go around them when they are there. There's no justification for it other than the real one that's behind the proposed legal change: punishing people in the "out group", namely: those not driving.
See, this is how I know you're a troll. Because I didn't say that. I didn't even come close to saying that. I'm done here. You're supporting authoritarian bullshit, and you're clearly not here to engage in good faith. Fuck off and get back to your boot licking.