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The media blames the e-bike!: "Car crash that killed young boy started when e-bike hit car"
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No offense to this, but teens on motorized wheels are usually a menace. Not their fault though, the need for speed is omnipresent. Regardless of vehicle, we want to go fast and furious.
I fully agree with you: a lot of people shouldn't be on the roads. I am not blaming the need for speed, though. Even in places like Burlingame, with a decent public transportation system, people that shouldn't be on the road and even people that don't want to be on the road are forced to be there because it's near impossible to get from A to B without a car.
That 100% absolutely needs to change.
Let me preface this by saying I haven't read the article so i can't say anything about this specific case.
As for your comment, I agree. It's one thing to have an e-bike that goes slightly faster than regular cycling speed (20-25 km/h). However, where I live (the Netherlands) there's have "fatbikes" now, basically the current generations scooter which is given to children at a much younger age and not regulated at all. No helmets, no protective clothing, no minimum age, nothing. Those things can go faster than 30 km/h and it's somewhat common to tune them to go 40 km/h or more. That is a ridiculous speed for a 12 year old to take part in traffic with.
You're going faster than a car driving to a neighborhood area here. There's a reason why cars can only go 30 and somehow you can go 40? Add to that the brazenness of a young kid and you have a pretty dangerous cocktail. Fatbikes formed a large share of the traffic accidents last year and there doesn't seem to be any sign of this changing with the government we have here being constantly in crisis or getting ready for another doomed election.
carbrain/ e-bike brain/ pedestrian brain = why can’t we all get along?
Because due to a lack of proper infrastructure, we often come to see the others as being in the way.
These kids should get themselves a dirt bike. Spends a ridiculous amount of energy, and tones your body down to a greek statue without you even knowing. It's a tad bit kore dangerous though at that age they shrug most injuries off