Somehow nobody cares about overpowered cars like overpowered ebikes. Why is selling a car that can go 240 or 400 kmh okay while selling a bike that can go 45 kmh not okay? IMO stopping both would be great.
Imo, no matter how fast the car can go, there’s still limited infrastructure that allow them to do so(highway), but overpowered ebike is ridden everywhere, especially pedestrian heavy area, and also easily access by anyone of any age, where car is limited to people who have to go through a driving lesson to get a licence.
Secondly, your chance of survival when crashing while driving a car at 40kmph is significantly higher than your chance of survival when crashing while riding an ebike at 40kmph. Even at 20kmph, you might get seriously hurt if landing badly w/o helmet while on a bicycle, and since most people don’t wear body protection while riding bike, this kinda make it worse.
Thirdly, most people don’t drive super car because of the price, yet a class 3 ebike is quite accessible for a lot of people.
As someone that always favor bicycle and is riding a class 2 that’s almost a class 3, I honestly don’t think both case is comparable. All or nothing is a terrible argument anyway.
If you crash a car at speeds illegal everywhere, so above 130/kmh, I’d doubt your chances of survival are higher than if you crash a bicycle at above 25 kmh.
You don’t need a supercar to accelerate to unsafe speeds, a 20 year old Daewoo Matiz can do 160kmh and is cheaper than most ebikes.
Finally, ebikes are a sometimes dangerous annoyance, cars are a leading cause of death.
Imo, no matter how fast the car can go, there’s still limited infrastructure that allow them to do so(highway), but overpowered ebike is ridden everywhere, especially pedestrian heavy area, and also easily access by anyone of any age, where car is limited to people who have to go through a driving lesson to get a licence.
Secondly, your chance of survival when crashing while driving a car at 40kmph is significantly higher than your chance of survival when crashing while riding an ebike at 40kmph. Even at 20kmph, you might get seriously hurt if landing badly w/o helmet while on a bicycle, and since most people don’t wear body protection while riding bike, this kinda make it worse.
Thirdly, most people don’t drive super car because of the price, yet a class 3 ebike is quite accessible for a lot of people.
As someone that always favor bicycle and is riding a class 2 that’s almost a class 3, I honestly don’t think both case is comparable. All or nothing is a terrible argument anyway.
If you crash a car at speeds illegal everywhere, so above 130/kmh, I’d doubt your chances of survival are higher than if you crash a bicycle at above 25 kmh.
You don’t need a supercar to accelerate to unsafe speeds, a 20 year old Daewoo Matiz can do 160kmh and is cheaper than most ebikes.
Finally, ebikes are a sometimes dangerous annoyance, cars are a leading cause of death.