JeeBaiChow comments on The draconian New Jersey e-bike laws had exactly the effect everyone feared

Its mostly head injuries. These are between just a rider and the road, and the small number of fatalities were from geriatric riders that should have been in a wheel chair. The solution is to just wear a helmet.. And since its not harming anyone aside from the rider themself, that should be a personal choice. No need to increase the barrier to entry with license, registration, and insurance. Its like people are just trying to find ways to make money off the increase in popularity of e bikes.

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[–] Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Legislation doesn't protect anyone at all. It's just a feel good solution. You can look exactly at cars and see laws don't protect anyone.

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[+] Photonic@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Anti lock brakes had an equal or stronger effect. The safest crash result is the crash you avoid.

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[–] Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

You missed my point. You can still operate a car without putting a seatbelt on. You can even "trick" the sensor by putting the belt on first or a dummy latch. It doesn't solve the person chosing to not wear one.

Insurance doesn't stop crime or deaths l. A license or plate is only good for identification, it wont protect the rider. Having "stiff OVI" laws wont stop a person from driving intoxicated.

You can even look at OVI trends and see it's been fairly consistant with only slightly declining trend. However drug based OVI started increasing slightly due to legilization.

Your chart is misleading. It doesn't take into consideration of early vehicles that didn't have seatbelts at all or lack of safety devices (airbags, crumble zones, fibreglass bodies instead of steel). Manufacturers today are required to include all those safety devices for sale.