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submitted 8 months ago by LovesTha@floss.social to c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml

@fuck_cars Something I wish Australia would change is laws prohibiting any vehicles between a 200W ebike and a full motorcycle. I'd get a lot of value from a 60kmph limited 1kW ebike. But currently to sell such a thing it would have to comply with all motorcycle requirements, and things like ABS on both wheels is really not required for such a device.a
#AusPol #eBikes

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[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago

All of those are wonderful questions that should be answered within the next X months by the appropriate government agency. And of course it's not just in that state in Australia. We see variations of this in many places around the world.

So although I think you were trying to ask those rhetorically, actually we all agree with you, those answers should be forthcoming.

[-] LovesTha@floss.social 0 points 8 months ago

@orcrist @rusted yes, there should be some regulation, but flat illegal is pushing things in awkward directions.

The answers are probably pretty minimal, these are speeds that we are happy for cyclists to be doing with nothing more than a polysytrene hat, the sanity of the PPE that road cyclists use is a valid question.

Something like requiring better brakes, maybe dual independent front brakes, would probably be enough. Requiring head/tail/indicator lights would also be reasonable.

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