Comment on Amsterdam testing system that can remotely slow e-bikes down

CaptnKarisma@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Magister@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No, it’s more to limit speed on some streets, when you have a 60lbs ebike with a 180lbs guy on it going over 60mph in a busy street downtown, it’s fucking dangerous.

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  • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m sorry but could you repeat that with measurements that aren’t straight out of the 14th century?

    Perhaps washing machines or football fields?

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    • colonelp4nic@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s like a third of a washing machine with a washing machine on top of it traveling at 880 football fields an hour!

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  • Hyperreality@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    1. AFAIK 60km/h let alone 60mph e-bikes aren't road legal in the Netherlands. 60mph is something like 95km/h. To give you an idea, most motorways are 100km/h in the Netherlands. To drive something that fast you'd need a full motorcycle license, insurance, etc.
    2. Certainly they're not allowed on cycle paths.
    3. Even if they were, Amsterdam has a citywide speed limit of 30km/h. That's under 20mp/h.

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    • JaxNakamura@programming.dev ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But more importantly, e-bikes are supposed to have a speed limiter set to 25km/h anyway.

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      • Magister@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Supposed, like 49.9cm3 should be limited

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  • CaptnKarisma@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Good point I had no idea those went that fast. This does sound difficult to police, I assume they dont need insurance for those either?

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    • derGottesknecht@feddit.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They are not going that fast. Don’t know where those numbers are from… ebikes are limited to 25km/h to be considered a bicycle.

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