micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!
"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.
micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"
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The throttle is a key feature to stay safe in busy intersections. That and super steep hills are the only reason to use it.
Legally, the throttle turns off once you hit 20mph. It's not for going fast, just for quick acceleration when you need it to be safe around cars.
Getting rid of the throttle is only going to make e-bikes more dangerous and less appealing for adoption.
I don't understand how it is a safety issue. Plenty of people ride bikes just fine without a throttle, and if you can't get started from a stop then the bike is too heavy for your skill level.
And that's the entire problem with the throttles. They are precisely what is enabling this trend towards bigger and heavier bikes in the first place, and that is blurring the line between bikes and mopeds in ways which are inviting unwanted regulations. Ban the throttles and the ridiculous fat tire mopeds will go away.
Exactly, one look at the photo used in the article:
Illustrates that this is not about regulating bicycles but electric mopeds/motorcycles.
Also this law is not a ban on throttles it just (correctly imo) reclassifies electric motorcycles as motor vehicles.