Two bills moving through the California legislature this year could change how e-bikes are bought, ridden, and regulated across the state. One would require
I mean if you read that particular user’s other comments, I’m pretty sure they try to swerve into cars and pedestrians on purpose. There was a comment saying it’s basically ok to take your 40 km/h+ e-bike into pedestrians in San Francisco because they’re tourists and therefore must’ve taken a plane there, making them as bad as car drivers.
FWIW I’m a driver and never have I felt like running a cyclist off the road. I also used to cycle and never did anyone try to run me off the road. This whole issue is pretty USA-specific IMO.
I’ve been riding bikes and driving cars for 30 years. It seems to me that any circumstance that requires drivers to slow down and consider how to respond to other people’s needs is a guaranteed rage trigger – for some fraction of the driving public. That seems to be carrying over into electric bikes as well.
I mean if you read that particular user’s other comments, I’m pretty sure they try to swerve into cars and pedestrians on purpose. There was a comment saying it’s basically ok to take your 40 km/h+ e-bike into pedestrians in San Francisco because they’re tourists and therefore must’ve taken a plane there, making them as bad as car drivers.
FWIW I’m a driver and never have I felt like running a cyclist off the road. I also used to cycle and never did anyone try to run me off the road. This whole issue is pretty USA-specific IMO.
He doesn’t seem like such a nice fellow online here. I don’t think that means he tries to hurt people in real life.
I’m glad you haven’t experienced the rage that drivers often express towards cyclists. I don’t think its exclusively a US problem.
I’ve been riding bikes and driving cars for 30 years. It seems to me that any circumstance that requires drivers to slow down and consider how to respond to other people’s needs is a guaranteed rage trigger – for some fraction of the driving public. That seems to be carrying over into electric bikes as well.