Imagine him in a Ford Ranger. Probably disqualified.

That's pretty much my thought every time I see someone doing something dodgy on an ebike. Like yeah, they're being a bit of a dick; but even with their dickish behaviour they are often still less dangerous and cause less traffic compared to having another car on the road - especially a car with a dickish driver. (Obviously there are limits to this reasoning.)

Less signs on the streets? That'd be quite nice actually. There are so many benefits of a less car dependant culture.

Nah, it's perfectly reasonable to ignore stupid laws that don't actually benefit the public and which can potentially put you in greater danger, including treating stop signs as give way signs on a bike.

I wasn't trying to generalise eBikes, though I can see how it could be read that way - sorry.

As a daily commuter, I see people flying along even faster than me sometimes, who clearly are not good on two wheels. It's absolutely a subset of eBike/eScooter riders.

Look at this bloke:

1. He isn't wearing a helmet.
2. Every time he's pedaling, he's zig-zagging. Yes, you'll always get a bit of that, but he's not syncing his arms with the pedals to smooth the line.
3. He cruises right in front of traffic - because he'd have stepped out there as a pedestrian and isn't treating the bike differently.
4. He's defaulting to the footpath because he's used to that, not realising that sticking to the road is more efficient.
5. He then rides straight into the middle of the road trying to cross back, he probably always intended to stop in the middle as he did, because that's how he'd cross as a pedestrian - but again that's not how cyclists move and the honking car agrees.
6. He tries to overtake on a bloody roundabout where there clearly isn't enough road for that.
7. Finally when he catches up, he takes his eyes off the damn road like a pedestrian.

When people ask me about getting an eBike, I advise them to get back on a normal bike for a few weeks first, because you do won't suddenly be a competent cyclist on your new eBike. And starting out at 30+ km/h is too fast to learn those lessons.

It's a bit difficult to tell, but I think it's legit. I know that road, the parts where he isn't pedaling are downhill stretches.

I could be wrong, but I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

The difference is the power output. Looks like they had to pedal pretty hard to catch up.