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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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[–] 15 points 8 months ago

There are about 3-5 pedestrian deaths directly caused by bikes per year in the USA. Licensing and registering bikes over that is performative pearl clutching. Add more bike lanes if you're really worried.

If you're worried about cyclist safety then properly classify ebikes and lower their top speeds. If a rider wants to go faster than they can handle that's on them. Might as well be licensing all these Olympic sports, don't want people sledding or skiing too fast.

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