If it goes faster than 28 mph, has a motor more powerful than 1000w, or lacks usable pedals, it's not an e-bike at all. People riding these things get people who ride actual electric bicycles fucked over though, which is unfortunate because electric assisted bicycles open up a lot of opportunities for people who are elderly or have other physical disabilities.

I am all for making e-moto and e-bikes legally distinct but punishing cyclists because of e-moto bullshit is a stupid decision. Also, parents who buy their kids motorcycles with no training, safety gear, or evaluation of their child's judgement should be held accountable instead of the people who are just trying to get to work on an e-bike.

you expect other people commenting to actually read the article?

If the media won't generate the click bait lemmy's demand, they'll create it themselves.

Can't wait for the e-bike gang wars of '26.

They can't because people are irrational and stupid with regards to protecting children.

It's definitely on purpose

Teens especially, since that law was catered more towards children. These days, teens are being disregarded and grouped in with children, even if they are vastly different.

You let them leave the house and meet up with friends, next thing you know they are riding around on bikes! Where will it end?

How do you think they arranged the meet ?

This is such a gross oversimplification, it's insane. They could also join the military.

Wrong country mate.

Here's it's school to tradie/lifelong indebted homeowner.

We're trying very hard to make the world a hostile place, but climate change won't really kick in until the next generation.

It's fucking disgusting. I have every part of this abusive shit. We have to fight back

How do you know their age?

We had the same. But the child on the bike died from there injuries. The bike went missing. so we don't know the condition of the bike. No one talked to the "filth" cus snitches get stitches and all that. You would think the community would learn and ban it internally however there is still mini dirt bikes on the green where it happend and it's As if it never happend.

That's pretty much it. Ban them from congregating in parking lots. Ban them from malls. But if your kid has friends over and one sneaks beer and has a wreck, you're getting sued. But don't discipline your kids or that's abuse. Also, if you kid has a vape at school, they are getting a criminal charge. Whatever you do, don't allow kids to exist, especially with other kids outside of your house, but also, don't let them be entertained when they're bored either.

My point is, maybe it's all too complicated and there should be a different approach.

if you don't institute battle royal, you'll pretty soon end up with mad max.

Unfortunately the old farts on social media were once the teens being treated like criminals for existing. It's a cycle. Yesterday's rebels become tomorrow's pearl clutchers.

Yeah, they can wipe thier own ass when they are in a care home!

They're not allowed to have any sort of freedom anywhere, online or off. That's the point of all these evil laws and that's why we must resist

and 25km/h isn't super fast on a bike either, at least not for someone in reasonably ok shape and a bike that's somewhat configured for cycling on roads.

I could go for a burg about now

The issue is more that they sell 500-1000W ebikes that are not specced for road usage, only for riding on private ground - and then hand them to teenagers. As so often, the parents are the issue, not the teens. As so often, everyone will pay the price for it through stricter regulation.

Wrong.

we have two issues

One is crusted old cumstains losing their shit about the presence of Visible Teenagers after the social media ban. They can go fuck 'emselves

The other issue is teens on illegal wattage ebikes that are souped up to 50/90kmph and ridden in areas not designed to have things at that speed tearing through them. Because of pedestrians, kids, horses, etc.

25 kph, not mph. Which isn't very fast.

The article doesn't mention any "miles per hour". Do people in Australia use mph?

In December, the NSW premier, Chris Minns, announced a plan to halve ebikes’ power – and therefore reduce their top speeds – to 250 watts...

You can go 25mph and faster on a bicycle no problem, I reject the argument that e-bikes (not e-moto) are a significant danger. That's mostly cabrain propaganda that people who chose to stop thinking accept.

A dude got up to 90mph on a bike just off his own steam before

I remember all the adverts when I was a kid telling me that if I got hit by a car at 30mph there was a 90% chance I'd live (this was the happy path of the advert). This is also cars ostensibly driven by licensed people.

E-bikes with a 25mph limiter are not a risk if we allow cars in the same space as pedestrians

and parents didnt do their due diligence on it.

Pretty much sums up a lot.
Parents these days...

Same thing here in the Netherlands: cheap, poorly made Chinese fatbikes that were incredibly easy to unlock flooded the market. The result: teens are riding around at 40kph and stunting on a bike that has no brakes. Because those wear down rapidly if you overclock the motor, and nobody does maintenance on those shitty bikes.

So now they’re trying to regulate it, much too late. When honestly, they should just ban the fucking things for anyone under 25 without a disability…