Fucking hell
Just wait until all those teen grow up and figure out that old farts on social media are responsible.
Australians banned social media. Now they are worried about teenagers going outside with e-bikes
Submitted 8 hours ago by Daswi@sh.itjust.works to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Nastybutler@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I’m my community a couple of years ago some middle aged guy assaulted a teen who was riding his Surron (non peddle ebike/motorcycle) in the park. Was he speeding? Probably, but that doesn’t excuse what that twat did. For the most part kids on these types of bikes aren’t the problem.
Our real problem has been pre teens on 110cc dirt bikes. They ride in groups and have been literally terrorizing people. I talked to one lady who had to put her horse down when they scared it and caused it to break a leg. Then the laughed at her and rode off. The police can’t catch them, though they’ve tried, but not that hard since they could actually do some simple detective work if they wanted to
VitoRobles@lemmy.today 4 hours ago
Just gotta keep making the world as hostile as possible to teenagers.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Let me rephrase: Australians concerned about children on vehicles that can go 25mph with no requirement for a license or training.
starlinguk@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
25 kph, not mph. Which isn’t very fast.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 16 minutes ago
I googled top e-bike speeds.
FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 3 hours ago
That's pretty close to my average speed and I'm just a commuter on a 30lb hardtail MTB with shitty infrastructure. I'd wager anyone who can ride a bike can easily go faster than that on a flat, even if they weren't a regular rider.
FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 4 hours ago
You can go 25mph and faster on a bicycle no problem, I reject the argument that e-bikes (not e-moto) are a significant danger. That's mostly cabrain propaganda that people who chose to stop thinking accept.
EtherWhack@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Not unless you are are really gunning it and on a fitted road bike.
There is a pretty big psychological aspect to it in that without putting in the work, you can become disconnected in how fast you are accelerating/moving. With bicycles you tend to work up the speed as you start to understand and get comfortable with what you are riding; a process that isn’t really present with e-bikes.
9point6@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
A dude got up to 90mph on a bike just off his own steam before
I remember all the adverts when I was a kid telling me that if I got hit by a car at 30mph there was a 90% chance I’d live (this was the happy path of the advert). This is also cars ostensibly driven by licensed people.
E-bikes with a 25mph limiter are not a risk if we allow cars in the same space as pedestrians
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 16 minutes ago
Yeah sure, but we’re not going to create laws just for Lance fucking Armstrong.
franzfurdinand@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
90 on a bike? That’s nuts, do you have a link to that? I’d like to see what kind of a machine that is
pedz@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
The article doesn’t mention any “miles per hour”. Do people in Australia use mph?
In December, the NSW premier, Chris Minns, announced a plan to halve ebikes’ power – and therefore reduce their top speeds – to 250 watts…
starlinguk@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
No. It’s kph. Ebikes are restricted to 25 kph.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 7 hours ago
I hope Australian kids annoy adults enough that this moral panic about social media dies from adults just giving up because kids resort to even more annoying behavior, that would be poetic justice.
BenderRodriguez@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Moral panic? Dude, social media is a fucking scourge. It’s not some 80s Satanic panic bullshit. It seriously hurts kids.
fizzle@quokk.au 6 hours ago
“We really recognise the tremendous opportunity that ebikes can offer for getting anyone, including younger people, from A to B, independently,” McLean said. “[It] is a really, really positive thing that connects them to education, to work, to social things and communities as well.
“There’s lots of benefits that go along with them, but when we have really high powered ebikes and people driving them dangerously and without helmets, then they certainly pose a significant risk.”
Seems like a pretty balanced take honestly.
FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 4 hours ago
If it goes faster than 28 mph, has a motor more powerful than 1000w, or lacks usable pedals, it's not an e-bike at all. People riding these things get people who ride actual electric bicycles fucked over though, which is unfortunate because electric assisted bicycles open up a lot of opportunities for people who are elderly or have other physical disabilities.
I am all for making e-moto and e-bikes legally distinct but punishing cyclists because of e-moto bullshit is a stupid decision. Also, parents who buy their kids motorcycles with no training, safety gear, or evaluation of their child's judgement should be held accountable instead of the people who are just trying to get to work on an e-bike.
Nuerion@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
you expect other people commenting to actually read the article?
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Your throwing stick trick has boomeranged on us!
devolution@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Beware! The anti fun police are in effect!
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 3 hours ago
sounds like a good thing. man do i miss actually going out and meeting people. i mean, i can go out, but i’m mostly alone, idk where everyone else is, the world feels so empty, devoid of people in it
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 5 hours ago
I better not see any Gen-X removed about “kids on bikes”. Don’t be a hypocrite.
starlinguk@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I’m a gen X “bitch”. I was raised cycling everywhere. Get lost with your generational divisive bullshit.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 4 hours ago
Read my comment again. Slowly.
Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 6 hours 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 hour ago
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.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 5 hours 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.
waz@feddit.uk 6 hours ago
The article has nothing to do with social media, the only mention of it is how adults put a comment on FB about antisocial behaviour of ebike riders. And clearly the clip of ripping up a golf course is antisocial. So actually the issue is, like in the UK, illegal emotorbikes that people should be prosecuted for.
GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 5 hours ago
I guess the question is, is ripping up a golf course more or less antisocial than having a golf course?
coalie@piefed.zip 5 hours ago
And clearly the clip of ripping up a golf course is antisocial.
Naw, ripping up a golf course is environmental activism, fuck golf courses.
harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
I agree with most of it.
If kids are acting out, it’s because they’re feeling powerless and/or unheard. So they banned social media. What did they replace it with? Did the government build public spaces meant for under-16s to gather and be social?
Golf courses are not a good thing,though. They are an absolute waste. The amount of water and chemicals used is atrocious.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
oh man, kids with bikes?! Get them inside!
Let kids ride bikes and have fun outside together. It’s healthy, it’s what we all did growing up for generations.
They find stuff to do and it will make them better people.
DGen@piefed.zip 5 hours ago
“when we were your age, fun was illegal!!!”..
I really hope I never become this.
everett@lemmy.ml 7 hours ago
They are the mods
Egonallanon@feddit.uk 7 hours ago
“Get off your phones and meet people your age in real life!” “Wait not like that!”
Feels like kids can’t win these days.
bajabound@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Can’t wait for the e-bike gang wars of '26.
RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
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