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In reply to the discussion: Bloomberg to ban e-bikes [View all]krispos42
(49,445 posts)The ebikes mean that anybody, even those that aren't physically fit enough to ride a regular bike at fast speeds for long distances, can now ride along at fast speeds for long distances. I'm one of them, for example. I don't ride, so anything more than a few minutes makes my muscles ache because I'm not used to doing that strenuous motion.
So you'd have both the human-powered bikes, plus the addition of electric bikes. Now, this might ease vehicular traffic a little, but you also know that people on bike tend to play by a different set of traffic laws, regardless of theory. So you'd probably get an increase in accidents involving bikes of all sorts.
Now, in bike versus car, car wins. In bike versus pedestrian, bike wins. So you'd have more injuries, especially the expensive and devastating skull, neck and spine kind.
Technically, they're motor vehicles, I would think.