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In reply to the discussion: Bloomberg to ban e-bikes [View all]Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)8. Pretty much any new vehicle will get immediately banned these days
Anything new like that these days gets swamped under by people who decided that if the possibility of someone getting injured in some way involving them is less than 0.000 percent, they're Too Dangerous And Must Be Forbidden.
Think Segways; within days of their initial announcement cities were talking about forbidding them, and there was a huge craze of passing laws banning them the moment someone somewhere first managed to fall off of one.
If bicycles were only invented last week in this society, they'd be illegal by the end of May.
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Now you know how non-gunners feel when you get all picky about gun terminology
Fumesucker
Apr 2013
#71
The point being that you were arguing about something of which you have *zero* knowledge
Fumesucker
Apr 2013
#75
That's the most interesting thing. People who don't live in NYC, and hate everything it stands for
DanTex
Apr 2013
#53
Yeah, there are a lot of people who don't like Bloomberg. They're mostly Republicans.
baldguy
Apr 2013
#63
I don't think any supporter of OWS or related efforts think much of him either
ProgressiveProfessor
Apr 2013
#64
Yeah, right. You "support" gun control. But you attack every Democrat who tris to pass it.
baldguy
Apr 2013
#70
So if someone doesn't support your exact agenda they don't support "REAL gun control"
ProgressiveProfessor
Apr 2013
#101
Electric bicycles are NOT 'currently unregulated in the state of New York'.
PoliticAverse
Apr 2013
#57
NYS law treats electric powered bicycles as bicycles. Those regs only apply to gas powered bicycles.
baldguy
Apr 2013
#69
And when they start doing that you'll whine about the fascist NYC cops harrassing cyclists.
baldguy
Apr 2013
#37
Bookmarked so I can come back and read the testimonial about nearly getting killed by an ebike...
JVS
Apr 2013
#21
When was the last time Bloomie wanted something and did not get it?
ProgressiveProfessor
Apr 2013
#26
It's nice that the gunners have found a non-gun topic they can respond to finally.
bluedigger
Apr 2013
#73
You can't pink/green/blue or white wash the 1% stench and hubris from Bloomie
ProgressiveProfessor
Apr 2013
#100
E-bike? That seems the same thing as an electric motorbike. Which is a vehicle...
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#92
Bloomberg says they're fast and dangerous -- but let me tell you something . . .
markpkessinger
Apr 2013
#94
They're ALREADY illegal on public streets, for good reason. This bill just makes it easier
NYC Liberal
Apr 2013
#96