1y ago

Government's 500W and throttle e-bike proposals are 'unnecessary, risky and the wrong approach' say UK trade bodies

ebiketips.road.cc Government's 500W and throttle e-bike proposals are 'unnecessary, risky and the wrong approach' say UK trade bodies

The government’s recent e-bike proposals to double the legal wattage of motors to 500W and allow ‘twist and go’ e-bikes with throttle control up to 15.5mph are ‘unnecessary’, ‘risky’, and the ‘wrong approach’, the Bicycle Association (BA) and Association of Cycle Traders (ACT) have said. The Departm...

4 comments

I guess London is not going to feel any difference - every other ebike is already run on a throttle and 5-600W motors. Cat's out of the bag at this point, I suppose, but it really pisses me off when they're whizzing around at silly speeds looking down at their damn phones.
- Better on a bike than in a larger vehicle.
  
  Huh? This is such a useless comment. Says nothing and yet creates an excuse for idiots.
  Murder is also better than mass-murder, yet I don't think anyone would ever use such statement to justify it.

The bicycle company lobby being luddites is entirely unsurprising.
The current 250w is less than a human cyclist can produce. We allow horses on our roads that can produce over 10,000w, without a MOT or licence, but only rich people ride those so I suppose that's okay.