supersquirrel@lemmy.ca to Bicycles@lemmy.ca · 14 hours agoThe draconian New Jersey e-bike laws had exactly the effect everyone fearedelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down13
arrow-up192arrow-down1external-linkThe draconian New Jersey e-bike laws had exactly the effect everyone fearedelectrek.cosupersquirrel@lemmy.ca to Bicycles@lemmy.ca · 14 hours agomessage-square31linkfedilink
minus-squarehneerqe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-25 hours agoThey’re just boomers who fall alone and get more severe injuries. The dutch can’t even put on a helmet, that’s how much they value their head. If cars have seatbelts, bikes have helmets. It’s not complex. No need to make bikes pay insurance and vehicle tax. Have identification plates to be easily subject to traffic fines… Oh wait…
minus-squarePhotonic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 hours agoSo, that’s legislation then. And it’s not just the people falling off e-bikes but also regular cyclists pedestrians getting hit by e-bikes. Helmets won’t fix that.
minus-squarehneerqe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 hours agopedestrains should also wear helmets of course. At least some should
minus-squarePhotonic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoObviously, so should people sitting on the couch or eating dinner
They’re just boomers who fall alone and get more severe injuries. The dutch can’t even put on a helmet, that’s how much they value their head.
If cars have seatbelts, bikes have helmets. It’s not complex.
No need to make bikes pay insurance and vehicle tax. Have identification plates to be easily subject to traffic fines… Oh wait…
So, that’s legislation then.
And it’s not just the people falling off e-bikes but also regular cyclists pedestrians getting hit by e-bikes. Helmets won’t fix that.
pedestrains should also wear helmets of course. At least some should
Obviously, so should people sitting on the couch or eating dinner