Everyone loves e-bikes – except some who have to share roads with them

Re:Everyone loves e-bikes – except some who have to share ro... by rich_sasha on Sunday August 07, 2022 @08:56AM (#32376114)

I live in a city with truly great bike infrastructure. Separate bike lanes off main road, secure bike parking, separate traffic light phase for bikes... and e-bikers are just as bad. Having a bike lane on the opposite side of the road, they'd still rather ride up the wrong side for some reason. Cutting through red light and meandering through traffic is commonplace, as are speeding, riding on pavement, riding while talking on clicking on the phone...

You're 100% right, it's not the bike's fault, but somehow they act as enablers for idiots. And having the infrastructure doesn't help.

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Re:Everyone loves e-bikes – except some who have to share ro... by orwin on Sunday August 07, 2022 @11:15AM (#32377110)

Its weird, because the city i live in as great bike infrastructure (except in the historical center, but paved roads are bad for bikes anyway). No issue at all with ebike, despite being like 5 ebike shop within 5 minutes of where i live (by bike obviously), and the city bikes are now ebikes too.

It might be because the bikes are capped at 25 kmh? I mean, its already faster than my average speed when i take a car to move stuff within the city (there is no traffic jam, the streets are just very narrow, with a lot of turns and pedestrians)

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