Comment on UK police could get Ghostbusters-style backpack devices to halt ebike getaways

• HumanPenguin@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  To be classed as a ebike legally in the UK. Where we are talking about.

  It must make a max speed max power and be classed as electrically assisted. IE peddling has to be an option both when powered and not powered.

  If any of those rules are not met. It is legally an electric motorbike. And must meet the laws for a motorbike. Including a licence.

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  • Cort@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t think you’re wrong about any of the rules or laws, and I don’t generally like to conflate electric motorcycles with ebikes; my point was that persons fleeing the scene of a crime may not be following those rules and laws for ebikes.

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    • HumanPenguin@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      True. But that means the system would work. As a e scooter or e motorbike would just roll to a stop.

      But OP was specifically talking about the ebikes as mentioned in the article. And by UK legal definition an illegal ebike. Is not an ebike. So anything defined as one would still be able to escape and likely faster then the max 15mph electrically assisted is allowed to operate at.

      Of course decrepit old facts like me would likely go slower if riding one was still viable safty was.

      But yeah its all silly really yes ebikes as mentioned in the article have other options.

      But the current e scooter craze where folks often ignore the law and its there actually trying to shut it down makes more sense. I doubt the article written was actually very informed about the differences.

      Also I have to wonder about e motorbikes. These things legally(licenced driver) or illegally self built (yep I considered hiden switch ideas that could make it from ebike to an off road e moter bike for fun) but they tend to be pretty darn fast. And have insane acceleration speeds when built to be an emoterbike legally or not.

      So I wonder weather a cop would be able to keep a directional microwave antenna pointed at the system long enough to work.

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