HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org to Bicycling@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoBosch manager in interview: eBike over-motorization is a risk to our business, because eBikes with more than 800 Watt power will lead to much stricter regulationswww.heise.deexternal-linkmessage-square62linkfedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down11 cross-posted to: micromobility@lemmy.worldeurope@feddit.org
arrow-up182arrow-down1external-linkBosch manager in interview: eBike over-motorization is a risk to our business, because eBikes with more than 800 Watt power will lead to much stricter regulationswww.heise.deHaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org to Bicycling@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square62linkfedilink cross-posted to: micromobility@lemmy.worldeurope@feddit.org
minus-squarepapertowels@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoIf there’s no speed limit then it shouldn’t belong in the bike lane - it’s more akin to an electric motorcycle.
minus-squareTehdastehdas@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months ago“If there’s no speed limit in a car, it shouldn’t belong in a city - it’s a race car”
minus-squareHaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoAnd please, with some automatic speed limiter that reads and observes road signs and basic traffic laws.
minus-squarepapertowels@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoAn excellent comparison, we know that excessive speed has never caused fatal accidents in cars before! Everyone follows the laws about speed limits, because we can trust our fellow citizens to do so, right?
If there’s no speed limit then it shouldn’t belong in the bike lane - it’s more akin to an electric motorcycle.
“If there’s no speed limit in a car, it shouldn’t belong in a city - it’s a race car”
Unironically yes
And please, with some automatic speed limiter that reads and observes road signs and basic traffic laws.
An excellent comparison, we know that excessive speed has never caused fatal accidents in cars before! Everyone follows the laws about speed limits, because we can trust our fellow citizens to do so, right?
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