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Dramatically INCREASING the uptake of something that has serious safety concerns shouldn't be something we urge people to do. I can't see how having more untrained, unregistered, unregulated, vehicles and riders flying around is a good thing in any scenario.

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Cars operated by "trained" and registered and regulated people kill more than ebikes.

How is that an argument? That in no way counters a single point I made - or are you just trying to distract?

I never said they should be unregulated! There should still be laws that ebike users have to follow (just like regular bike users do), and police should enforce those laws as strictly as possible so that most people comply to them. You can do this without requiring training, licenses or insurance.

we have a long history of no to little enforcement (because it's incredibly difficult to do) on traditional bikes largely due to lack of licensing/training.

Are you talking about serious safety risk to the rider or too others?

From what I can find ebikes tend to kill their rider. Though I can't find good statistics to answer my question.

>Are you talking about serious safety risk to the rider or too others?

To the rider, pedestrians, riders of traditional bikes, and property damage.

in israel e-things tend to kill pedestrians (half a dozen of deaths a year i think, maybe more). and a whole lot of injuries.

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