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Legal E-bikes being banned in Queensland - your state is next! (www.youtube.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/brisbane@aussie.zone
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[–] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

The physics is not, per se, relevant.

I will forever remember this day, the 8th of April 2026 when Zagorath discovered that when it came to traffic collisions: physics was not relevant.

Please remember me, the little person, in your acceptance speech to the Nobel Committee.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    So are you wilfully ignoring the entire context because you want to "win" the argument, or just naturally stupid? Because this reply is an impressive level of stupid in context.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    You replied to someone establishing a premise (ebikes are not dangerous), then built a whole wall of text built upon that premise. If the premise is removed, everything else built upon it falls down.

    The premise was flawed.

    I pointed that out.

    Anything built upon it becomes irrelevant. There's as much point to go through the text built upon the flawed premise, as there is to keep trying to build upon it.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago

    What part of it was wrong?

    Yes, a heavier vehicle has more kinetic energy at the same speed. That's...obvious. It's so obvious it's basically pointless to feel the need to specify it.

    But if that extra kinetic energy is not translating to more injuries in the real world, it's completely irrelevant. The reasons that it doesn't translate into real-world effects might be interesting academic discussions to be had—maybe it's the fact that they aren't actually that much heavier, maybe they tend to go slower (because of that 25 km/h cap on motor assist), maybe their owners actually tend to be more careful, or something entirely different—but from a practical point of view, when it comes to answering the question "should there be regulation here?", it doesn't matter. The answer remains "no". Because there is no evidence to date indicating that safe, legal ebikes are causing more damage than regular bikes.

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