Comment on Amsterdam testing system that can remotely slow e-bikes down
eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months agoAnd the system would need to be installed in all street legal ebikes for that to happen.
Wouldn’t street legal ebikes not go too fast by default anyway? I feel like if that’s the case, this would mostly inconvenience people with legal ebikes and have barely any effect on illegal ones that can go faster.
dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 3 months ago
Street legal bikes can be modified. This system would, in theory, make it harder to exceed speed limits on assisted pedalling, or at least easier to find those who do it and fine them.
utopiah@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Missed that part, can you please clarify how?
dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 3 months ago
This is speculative, but since it uses a standardized system, it should be easier to check if anything has been modified. And it is connected to some remote system, so that may allow for extra opportunities to catch them too.