[Jonty30]

The way some people ride them are stupid. I saw one guy on a unicycle going 50km/hr. One bump and he’s flying 50km/hr, until he lands.

[xp38]

The stupid....it burns

[RoosterRedux]

I ride my road bike at a local state park and many RV campers ride ebikes on and off road at the park. They ride fast and they don't wear helmets...and they don't look like experienced riders.

That said, I am very much in favor of ebikes for folks who aren't that physically fit. They are a great way to start a bike fitness program. But it's important to be safety conscious.

[mware]

Things go pretty fast. Someone would be crazy to ride them on the roads in our town. The potholes would send them flying.

[NWFree]

Those things are dangerous. I’m sticking with my Hayabusa

[blackdog]

I used to ride full speed thru bad neighborhoods because they were trying to catch me and knock me off my $3K bicycle. I didn't stop at lights or stop signs either. Now once I was safe, I slowed down to about 15mph.

One day I got called to HR because the safety manager was concerned about my hazardous operation of my bicycle. Once I explained he understood.

[martin_fierro]

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[DEPcom]

I’m contemplating getting an e-bike for my motorhome, but I’m hesitant due to concerns about battery fires. Being in good shape, I can still ride my traditional bike. Additionally, the expense and potential theft of e-bikes are other considerations.

[Bon of Babble]

I have two e bikes and my daughter and son-in-law each have one. We ride them all over the place up and down hills, etc. They are massively fun - I wouldn’t THINK of going out without a helmet, I even have lights on my helmet to make myself more visible - daughter and son-in-law refuse to wear helmets and get huffy when we mention them. They ride often and I worry about them constantly.

I’ll never forget the video we used to show to the high school kids once a year - two mothers, both in bike accidents, one showed her helmet broken in half, the doctor said that would have been her head if she hadn’t had the helmet on - the other mother spoke slowly and labored- she’d suffered brain damage after her head hit a curb in a bike accident and she wasn’t wearing a helmet, she begged kids to make sure they always wore a helmet when bike riding. That was enough for me to ALWAYS wear a helmet.

[Fireone]

“State Regulations Attempt to Prevent Injuries.”
State regulations attempt to prevent murder.
State regulations attempt to prevent carjackings.
State regulations attempt to prevent shoplifting.
State regulations attempt to prevent drunk driving.

anyone see a commonality here?

[Steven Scharf]

E-Bike Injuries Skyrocket,

Although eluded to in the posted part of the article (Epoch Times weirdly requires registration to read articles), what is not pointed out that the number of injuries are probably in line with the significant sales growth. When you have more people riding Ebikes, more people are going to get hurt.

They need to do a comparison with non Ebikes to be realistic as to the “danger of them of non Ebikes.

State Regulations Attempt to Prevent Injuries..

States have worked to adopt laws regulating e-bike use throughout the United States. Much of the legislation focuses on how to classify the e-bike, determining whether it is a scooter, moped, or traditional bike. That classification typically determines who can ride e-bikes and where. For example, 36 states have three-class systems for e-bikes. These classes indicate the varying types of e-bikes available on the market, from road bikes and cruisers to those better suited for mountain biking. The reasoning behind these laws and classifications is that placing the right bike on a suitable surface helps keep people safer and helps avoid further injury.

Government laws and regulations never prevent anything. They merely provide a remedy (or not) to injured parties.

I did not go to law school and I figured this out about 40 years ago.

[rktman]

Hmmmmm! So my the same line concerning EVs, I wonder how they will do in the Lake Tahoe area this coming blizzard weekend.....

https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=NVZ002&warncounty=NVC005&firewxzone=CAZ272&local_place1=Stateline%20NV&product1=Blizzard+Warning&lat=38.9635&lon=-119.9392

[roving]

They need to redesign the bike helmet. It makes people who wear them look like a dork.

[Mariner]

30mph on a frame that weighs 35lbs.

Zig Zagging on sidewalks, weaving in and out of traffic.

Who could have known?

[Mr.Unique]

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Since 2017, hospitalizations due to e-bike injuries have risen 43-fold,

How many e-bikes were there in 2016? #facepalm

[Seruzawa]

People ride them without gear. The ebikes themselves have terrible suspensions and brakes compared to motorcycles. The results are predictable.

[Babba Gi]

We just banned them in our city park and on all greenways. Last Saturday was a beautiful spring day and the exercise track was full of kids riding bicycles, seniors walking dogs, babies in strollers etc. There were a couple of e-bikes on the track blasting by the people going at least 25mph. They used no horns, bells or verbal warnings as they passed people from behind. These are no longer bicycles with assist motors, they are mopeds to say the least.

[maddog55]

E-Bikes.. for those to stupid to pedal.

[ASOC]

eBike riders do not wear armor. Motorcycle rider wear armor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM8Xli2KTzI lays it all out.