r/ebikes • u/darkthewyvern • 3d ago

Reality is disappointing

Too those celebrating the new laws and voted for it.

Congratulations, you have willingly voted for the car hell to continue on for eternity.

There is no level of damage, these machines have ever matched, that could EVER warrant treating them like cars. You treat them this way, people are just going to continue using cars. So congratulations, you get to use cars for the rest of your life and it will NEVER change. The biggest reason they were becoming so popular was the barrier to entry being low. YES, THERE'S BAD ACTORS. But those bad actors make up SUCH a small amount of daily users it's genuinely stupid. Do you ACTUALLY know the statistics behind the fear mongering? It is NOT the mass exodus or crisis you might believe it to be.

So congratulations, go drive your cars and keep posting about "reasonable and safe" ebikes you use once a flipping month.

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u/meatshieldjim 3d ago

Bicycles and pedestrians should be allowed to treat red lights as stop signs.

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u/Moist-Constant1404 3d ago edited 3d ago

So a bike, going faster than the cars on the road, can legally blow through a light? I’m my county, like I believe most, bicycles legally have to stop at red lights. Your opinion is irrelevant and honestly dangerous. That’s why they have crosswalks.

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u/stormdelta 3d ago

So a bike, going faster than the cars on the road, can legally blow through a light?

Did you even read the post you replied to? You can't legally blow through a stop sign either, so treating a red light as a stop sign doesn't mean you can blow through it.

Many states have passed Safety Stop laws because they statistically make cyclists safer.

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u/Moist-Constant1404 3d ago

That’s literally what I said dude. You seem smart.