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The Idiocy Of US E-Bike Regulations, Proven By One Brown Wire - CleanTechnica
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micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
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"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.
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Regarding ebicycles, which those regulations are for, I would prefer a acceleration based limit over a wattage based one. I am over 200lbs and my adult niece is probably 110/120lbs. That is a big difference for a small electric motor not even getting into cargo. Add in limits for battery size and bike weight for safety.
Regarding the brown wire issue. Couldn't they have just made it with 2 keys? A black for on public areas and a red one for private property?
Not sure the devices that are being describe in the article should be under class 1/2/3, but rather under a titled scooter category. Don't know if one exists though.
Why not just leave it at speed limits and use the power whatever the motor has until the speed limit is reached?
We already do this for cars - and we don't differ between an athlete and ..well, me, when it comes to acceleration on regular bikes, where the power limit is the human.
I really don't get such low power limits on E-Bikes
Difference of needing a license to operate.