Amsterdam prepares to ‘ban the fatbikes’ amid rise in serious accidents
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Experts say souped-up e-bikes pose big risk for children aged from 12 to 15, who account for many A&E cases

The safety organisation VeiligheidNL estimates that 5,000 fatbike riders are treated in A&E [ i.e Accident & Emergency] departments each year, on the basis of a recent sample of hospitals. “And we also see that especially these young people aged from 12 to 15 have the most accidents,” said the spokesperson Tom de Beus.

Now Amsterdam’s head of transport, Melanie van der Horst, has said “unorthodox measures” are needed and has announced that she will ban these heavy electric bikes from city parks, starting in the Vondelpark. Like the city of Enschede, which is also drawing up a city centre ban, she is acting on a stream of requests “begging me to ban the fatbikes”.

      • smeenz@lemmy.nzEnglish
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        1 day ago

        Only in American English. Everywhere else, to tire is to become tired, and a tyre is what goes around a wheel.

        • halferect@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 day ago

          If we gonna just be weird about what shits called it’s a aerial wheel so fuck your Tyre or tire bullshit

          • smeenz@lemmy.nzEnglish
            4·
            1 day ago

            Every English speaking country that follows British English rather than American English.

            • Core Areas: United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa.
            • Caribbean: Jamaica, Barbados, The Bahamas, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago.
            • Other Regions: Singapore, Malta, Belize, Canada (hybrid, but with strong British influences), India.
            • British Overseas Territories: Gibraltar, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands.

            Is that clear enough for you ?