Nah it’s about being mad at teenagers or just mad at not driving a car. The US under Biden passed ebike regulations that are already a lot more strict than just a limit where it becomes a motorcycle, but a bunch of (mostly Democrat) states are either banning all ebikes period or banning most of the federal regulation classes because if Gavin Newsom sees a black kid have fun he instantly becomes Ronald Reagan.
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Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Nothing to do with social media, all to do with at what point and electric bicycle becomes an electric motorcycle and the lack of laws and regulations keeping up with it. It used to be easy if the thing was making a noise, due to petrol engine, it’s a motorbike. It’s happening in every country and it feels like Chinese manufacturers are making all the money whilst the rest of the world catches up.
yogurt@lemmy.world 1 week ago
atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I know of a guy who had his driver’s license permanently revoked because he racked up so many DUI’s. He lived in rural Indiana, and bought a moped because they didn’t require a license to drive. Obvious he did not stop driving drunk.
But also, the moped did in fact make noise.
moonshadow@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
In the western United States, a shitty mountain bike with a sub-55cc 2 stroke motor bolted on is known as a “duicycle”