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Re:Electric scooter ban increased congestion by 10% in Atlanta by Ylpertnodi on Monday October 31, 2022 @02:23PM (#33410226)
>Because that's the sort of speeds you easily end up at if you try to keep up with cars downhill

Not many people will do >50kmh even downhill (even with disk brakes), and on the few occasions I've done so, I absolutely would not say there are "significant controllability problems". In fact, quite the opposite.

[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN6Z8UgVOuw Nb - these were shot in the days before the 'supertuck' (sitting on the crossbar) was banned.

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Re:Electric scooter ban increased congestion by 10% in Atlanta by taeric on Monday October 31, 2022 @02:28PM (#33410315)
I easily hit 35-40 mph on every commute to work with my bicycle on one of the downhills. Just 30mph is trivial to get to on any of the downhills with my bike, and is just slightly faster than many of the ebikes go with very little effort.
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