Amsterdam is one of six European cities that will soon test a system that can remotely limit the speed of electric bicycles. Amsterdam’s traffic alderman, Melanie van der Horst, tested the system herself last week, NRC reports.

Alrighty,

So your system knows the exact situation and still is slowing down my bike, just at the moment I need to accelerate to avoid being overrun by that large truck heading into me.

How stupid are these folks? We’ve got rules, when people don’t follow those rules, you fine them. Case closed.

No system to prevent a bike speeding, teach people to obey the law.

  • Jaysyn@kbin.social
    511·
    8 months ago

    I give this two weeks until a hacker bricks every ebike on their network.

    • BOFH666@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      253·
      8 months ago

      Exactly this. Foolish ideas from someone behind a desk.

      Nerds and hackers will win this easily.

      • KrokanteBamischijf@feddit.nlEnglish
        71·
        8 months ago

        Nerds and hackers will also win any battle in removing top speed limitations. The issue we’re having right now is that non-techies also have easy access to 60 km/h death machines because they can just buy Chinesium fatbikes with 1kW motors and a preinstalled throttle.

        If they start requiring helmets you’ll see this fad die down real quick. As it’s mostly children (or uncivilized adults) buying these to look cool and cause trouble.

    • toofpic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      27·
      8 months ago

      Good! Back to the situation of “I need to use the strength of my legs to accelerate”, much safer