▲ 65 ▼ Another US state just signed a harsh new law requiring licenses, insurance for e-bikes (electrek.co) submitted 6 months ago by _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works [M] to c/micromobility@lemmy.world 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments New Jersey has just taken one of the most aggressive – and controversial – steps yet in regulating electric bikes,...
[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 months ago (2 children) This is like banning knife because of some knife attack. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago (1 child) It's more like starting to ask people to have some rules after 80% of the e-bikes checked in a police checkpoint were illegally modified permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago* The rule is already there, you're now supporting and asking for a blanket law, it's exactly like asking them to ban knife because of knife attack or robbery. Rule are useless if there's no enforcement, and i bet that 80% is the result of no enforcement, so nothing shocking. permalink fedilink source parent [–] moody@lemmings.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) It's really nothing like that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago It is like that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago (1 child) It's more like starting to ask people to have some rules after 80% of the e-bikes checked in a police checkpoint were illegally modified permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago* The rule is already there, you're now supporting and asking for a blanket law, it's exactly like asking them to ban knife because of knife attack or robbery. Rule are useless if there's no enforcement, and i bet that 80% is the result of no enforcement, so nothing shocking. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago* The rule is already there, you're now supporting and asking for a blanket law, it's exactly like asking them to ban knife because of knife attack or robbery. Rule are useless if there's no enforcement, and i bet that 80% is the result of no enforcement, so nothing shocking. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] moody@lemmings.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) It's really nothing like that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago It is like that. permalink fedilink source parent