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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

I was going to say, when I was a kid, growing up in the 70s, I had a dirt bike with a spedometer and I regularly pushed that thing to 25mph just with the pedals.

My first thought was "faster than 20? No big deal..."

But then I hit this:

"in fact, the Talaria can hit 70 miles per hour. His mother gave him her blessing, she said, and even helped him clip a wire that removes the speed “governor” that ordinarily limits the vehicle to 20 miles per hour."

Having an eBike that can go that fast with relatively no modification at all does not seem wise to me, and it's irresponsible of the parent to assist in that.

1 year after graduation, one of my high school friends got into an argument with his girlfriend, was riding his motorcycle too fast without a helmet, and crashed straight into the back of a garbage truck, killing him instantly.

A bike helmet wouldn't have helped, maybe a DOT approved motorcycle helmet would have.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think the real concern should be all the exercise the kids aren't getting by riding eBikes. Kids that ride bicycles everywhere build muscle and cardiovascular strength and the benefits of that carry on into young adulthood. Our children are already playing outside a lot less than they used to. Children should get lots of exercise, and eBikes provide very little compared to a regular bicycle.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Eh, people riding an ebike everywhere probably wouldn't be riding a bike anyways if they didn't have that ebike. It just offers a larger range of area they can go to. I bet most would just be sitting at home if they couldn't ride their ebike to their friend's house or wherever they want to meet their friends.

[–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago

One thing to consider here is the potential for heat stress. We don't want to depend on a mode of transportation that's unusable in the summer.

[–] Heresy_generator@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

20-mile-per-hour speed limit permitted for riders under 16

So, unmodified, slower than a bicycle where your average cyclist can sprint to over 30 mph without much trouble.

This is just media fear mongering about [new thing]. When I was a kid there were plenty of bicycle wrecks where kids got hurt, sometimes severely, and the media wasn't pearl-clutching about the "danger" of pedal bikes.

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