slothrop@lemmy.ca to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoAnother US state just signed a harsh new law requiring licenses, insurance for e-bikeselectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square85linkfedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down16cross-posted to: micromobility@lemmy.world
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minus-squareSektor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoYou still have delivery guys and kids zooming on full assist bikes and scooters going +40kmh on sidewalks. I’m not sure how many of them are legal.
minus-squareEcojohn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoMost of them are not. But the police are not very active in that regard, at least here i Denmark. We have the 25km/h and 250w max pedal assist which I think is a good limit to distinguished them from mopeds and motorcycles.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIt is trivial to hack the speed limiters. On some models, just a button long press.
You still have delivery guys and kids zooming on full assist bikes and scooters going +40kmh on sidewalks. I’m not sure how many of them are legal.
Most of them are not. But the police are not very active in that regard, at least here i Denmark. We have the 25km/h and 250w max pedal assist which I think is a good limit to distinguished them from mopeds and motorcycles.
It is trivial to hack the speed limiters. On some models, just a button long press.