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Say NO to Mandatory E-Bike License Plates and Registrations [California] (bikeeastbay.org)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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More barriers to cycling means more cars which means more dead cyclists. Help us defeat this terrible anti-safety bill.

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[–] 4 points 8 months ago

An average ebike only weighs ~25 lbs more than an average bike. That's basically difference between an average woman and a man or within a standard deviation of the average man's body weight. Should we only be requiring licenses for fat people?

Just set the max speed on the ebike to a safe limit and call it a day. Your speed matters way more than the bike weight anyway (KE=0.5*mv^2^)

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