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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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Here we have these 25kph IAmAbikeAndNotAMotorcylce Frankensteins on the bike lane and I freaking hate it. They go illegaly on the pedestrian, look at their phones while driving, block the narrow bike lanes. They should be supposed to have a drivers license and go on the street. Most if not all of them are food couriers. They should be treated as such.
Sorry for the rant, and funny enough I live in the EU (in Austria)
Same issues with them in the Netherlands. Fatbikes and the people who typically ride them are the worst. Fatbikes dont belong on the bike lane.
Why not?
I have an ebike that doesn't require pedalling and goes up to 35km/h on full power and full battery. No fat tyres, you'll be happy to know. (Although I still don't understand why the width of tyre bothers you.)
I've driven a taxi for years, driving kids to school, doing this in the third gen. My father used to have "gentleman of the road" on the back of his car.
I use the same principles when in traffic.
My bike is awesome and the reason I don't need to own a car myself.
Better bicycling infrastructure would be cool, and I support something that would come between be between pedestrians and cars as a a lane. I mean, bike lanes already exist, but a more dedicated "light vehicles" lane or smth that you can't walk (or cycle slowly) on.
Im from the Netherlands, we have great bike infrastructure. But fatbike cyclists in particular are horrible drivers, endanger everyone else and dont follow any traffic rules.
Im sure you are a smart and responsible person but the fact is 99% of fatbike cyclist here are assholes
Also: We have 10 year olds driving on tweaked fatbikes going 50 km/h . Not legal but a national problem. Explain to me how its safe for a 10 year old to drive such a vehicle
Secondly a normal bike is a fraction of the weight of a fatbike. And the fatbike is moving twice the speed. If a collision does happen the normal cyclist is very much more at danger then with any normal bike.
The annual death amongst cyclist has skyrocketed here in the Netherlands. Ebikes and fatbikes are certainly a big factor in this.
Are you sure you're not generalising a bit?
Because I'm sort of sure assholes can ride slim tyres as well... I've seen many.
I'm just not getting the causation of fat tyres = asshole driver.
Also, mine aren't fat tyres. Not that it matters. Normal bike but a hub motor in the rear and a battery in the frame.