@manualoverride@lemmy.world to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world • 1 year agoSorry Darin, not a grasslemmy.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.world
arrow-up191arrow-down1imageSorry Darin, not a grasslemmy.world@manualoverride@lemmy.world to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world • 1 year agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.world
On some things the UK is progressive, on other issues, like sustainable transport, they see it as antisocial behaviour.
minus-square@Bye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-21 year agoYou can’t get car insurance on a bike but you can still ride it in the street??? Of course e-bikes etc shouldn’t be on sidewalks or bike paths, but it should be fine for them to be in the street. That’s absurd.
minus-squareNickwithaClinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoE-bikes definitely belong in bike lanes. It’s only electric motorcycles that belong on the road. The difference is size and top speed.
minus-square@Bye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoE-bikes are electric motorcycles, there’s no difference without some top speed enforcement mechanism.
minus-squareNickwithaClinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoLiterally what I just said. The top speed of pedal assisted bikes is mostly just 15 mph. That’s bike lane speed.
You can’t get car insurance on a bike but you can still ride it in the street???
Of course e-bikes etc shouldn’t be on sidewalks or bike paths, but it should be fine for them to be in the street. That’s absurd.
E-bikes definitely belong in bike lanes. It’s only electric motorcycles that belong on the road. The difference is size and top speed.
E-bikes are electric motorcycles, there’s no difference without some top speed enforcement mechanism.
Literally what I just said. The top speed of pedal assisted bikes is mostly just 15 mph. That’s bike lane speed.