supersquirrel@lemmy.ca to Bicycles@lemmy.ca · 3 days agoThe draconian New Jersey e-bike laws had exactly the effect everyone fearedelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1142
arrow-up1142external-linkThe draconian New Jersey e-bike laws had exactly the effect everyone fearedelectrek.cosupersquirrel@lemmy.ca to Bicycles@lemmy.ca · 3 days agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squarehneerqe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 days 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-up3·edit-23 days agoSo, that’s legislation then. And it’s not just the people themselves falling but also regular cyclists pedestrians getting hit by e-bikes. Helmets won’t fix that.
minus-squarehneerqe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agopedestrains should also wear helmets of course. At least some should
minus-squarePhotonic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days 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 themselves falling 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