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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not to be pedantic, but...

Most of the bikes associated with bad behavior are the smaller, faster e-motos and not garden-variety e-bikes.  Sure, kids do wheelies and ride all manner of vehicles dangerously – as they have forever, but the recent uptick in noticeable issues is from kids riding e-motos.

https://www.peopleforbikes.org/news/the-e-bike-problem-is-an-e-moto-problem

When people start saying stuff like "ban e-bikes" they probably don't mean what they think they mean.  The person getting groceries with the e-cargo bike is not the problem here.  [/quote]

This distinction is irrelevant to most of us on here. We see kids acting stupid on bike shaped vehicles with pedals that go too fast. The adults are also a problem on these vehicles, including those on cargo bikes who blow through stop signs no matter what is happening at the intersection. That's outside the scope of this thread, though. [/quote]

No, this is an uninformed opinion.  The distinction between e-bikes and e-motos is critical, both legally and in terms of the risks they present for riders and others - e-bikes are legally treated as bicycles, while e-motos are classified as motorized vehicles - they are motorcycles, period.  And even within e-bikes, the distinction between class 1 and 3 is meaningful - class 1 is just a pedal assist bike, great for people who live in hilly areas and commute on their bike to work or school.  A Class 3 e-bike is closer to an e-moto, but the throttle cuts off at 20 MPH, whereas e-motos can go up to 70 MPH.  We live in a mountain community where the cops (and schools) have finally cracked down hard on e-motos after too many fatalities.  Whereas a kid riding a class 1 pedal-assist e-bike to school is no more annoying or threatening than a kid on a BMX bike.  [/quote]

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