The arguments made for bicycles being speed limited make sense, because it's not just about licensing requirements (what precious few there are...) but also mechanical limits on safe operation and a need to find a balance between individual freedom and public safety.

This is also the reason why, in Europe at least, all trucks have a 90 km/h governor by law, even though truck drivers are licensed to a higher standard than car drivers.

Cars being excluded from the conversations we are having about trucks and bicycles and motorcycles is nothing but pure hypocrisy. But then again, when has hypocrisy ever stopped a politician?

I've got a license to drive heavy-weight vehicles, I should be allowed to ride my ebike at 90km/h, pretty please?

We're mostly trained to drive at 60kmph and not 150kmph, yet there's no limiter at 90kmph.

But yes i agree, these rule are to protect the rider, not others, just like the mandatory helmet rule on moped and motorcycle.

I hit 50 MPH on downhills on my regular human-powered bicycle. Don't need a license or training for that either.

Arguably regular bicycles should require a license to use, especially if they're ridden on roads (and I'm an avid cyclist saying this). Something I've seen a lot in recent years is people (full-grown adults who should know better as well as children) riding on the wrong side of the road, against traffic. It's just beyond insane how dumb this is - not to mention completely illegal.

I few weeks ago I was riding home and came face-to-face with a woman on a bike towing her two little children, riding on the wrong side of the road around a completely blind turn. I was barely able to avoid hitting her, and I was on a bike. A car going a normal 25 mph around that turn likely would have crashed into her. I stopped and tried to talk to her about what she was doing, but she gave me that bland cow look that people adopt when they decide not to listen to criticism and rode on down the wrong side of the street.