Amsterdam prepares to ‘ban the fatbikes’ amid rise in serious accidents
www.theguardian.com
Experts say souped-up e-bikes pose big risk for children aged from 12 to 15, who account for many A&E cases

The safety organisation VeiligheidNL estimates that 5,000 fatbike riders are treated in A&E [ i.e Accident & Emergency] departments each year, on the basis of a recent sample of hospitals. “And we also see that especially these young people aged from 12 to 15 have the most accidents,” said the spokesperson Tom de Beus.

Now Amsterdam’s head of transport, Melanie van der Horst, has said “unorthodox measures” are needed and has announced that she will ban these heavy electric bikes from city parks, starting in the Vondelpark. Like the city of Enschede, which is also drawing up a city centre ban, she is acting on a stream of requests “begging me to ban the fatbikes”.

  • gian @lemmy.grys.itEnglish
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    10 hours ago
    The problem, and it seems you still do not understand it, is that these kind of ebike are more powerfull than vehicles for which you need a driver’s license.
The simple question is: why I should need a driver’s license for a moped that (legally) cannot be faster than 45 Km/h and not for a fatbike that is faster (and often less secure) ?

    no i understand it completely, ive just read more than just this article on subjects surrounding this issue and similar ones than you have, and i have first hand experience in the subject. evidently.

    Then there are only 2 solutions: you either change the traffic regulations or you enforce them. Amsterdam choose to enforce them.
    Everything else is just noise.