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But...but...he stated it in an alternative way so that it sounds scary. Pollsters wanting to see how dumb and reactionary people are have collected thousands of signatures to ban "Dihydrogen Monoxide" after informing them of all the ways that it can kill and the millions killed in...

And if you wind up married to her, the cost could be exponentially staggering compared to just wrecking your nice bike and having to buy another. You have a most excellent point, something should be done about bumping into people like that.

This thread is about the psychology of thinking something is safe because it has a built in device. It is not about whether any particular bike can go faster than 20 m.p.h. Of course they can. But a class two using throttle and not pedaling is in fact limited to 20 m.p.h. That doesn't make...

This is an older thread, but it best matches my subject matter. And things have developed since 2024. I've also attached a PDF. Yes, a few years ago I thought the one watt thing was not worth fussing over. But with new enforcement demands, and especially if the Safe Speeds Act passes and...

Here's a fundamental rule of statutory construction: "In the absence of a contrary indication, the masculine includes the feminine (and vice versa) and the singular includes the plural (and vice versa)". See Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts. I know it seems weird that laws don't...

Not arbitrarily, except of course for e-bikes with speed caps in the software. Fitness and the exact parameters of an ordinary bike have limits, of couse. But they are not artificial; they're baked in-- and the bike doesn't suddenly throw on the brakes, of course. Rode too fast and broke...

Time and again I see comments in support of software locked speed limits in e-bikes as a common safety measure. Psychology begs to differ. Similarly to the way leg muscles atrophy when they aren't used, reduced exercise of critical judgment making results in reduced ability. When the bike...

(EDIT): Sorry, Ken, I see I already made a similar post directed to you. I misremembered and thought I had only said these things in reponse to others. But perhaps this post says it better.) I generally agree with you, Ken, as having the most sensible grasp of the situation. But I have to...

KEN does not write like this (Context, Jabberwocky throwing Quixotic smartsy comments around): "As if any rational person would expect me to take you seriously. I see you have chosen the path of..... FUN!!! Mine command unto thee, most worthy surrogate leader, thou namedest Jabberwocky...

I'm sympathetic to your concerns. But your examples involve land belonging to the federal government. I explained that they have their own primary access and use jurisdiction. My arguments do not reach there and provide no relief. However, they are near bulletproof as applied to state...

Banning all bikes is political suicide. It is also likely to be unconstitutional under substantive due process considerations. Your history of bike advocacy could be put to good use with this subject matter because this is all about America's history and tradition of bicycle access and usage...

Yeah I never did understand those responses that begin with "I'm not going to bother responding..." Simplicity is best when it comes to law, women, and/or war, I have heard some say. I might've made it up, and have no link. I'm not entirely clear on which of those, you know, applies here, but...

As if any rational person would expect me to take you seriously. I see you have chosen the path of..... FUN!!! Mine command unto thee, most worthy surrogate leader, thou namedest Jabberwocky Focke-Wolfe¡ Quoteth I. "¡Arre! Rocinante!" Sadly, perhaps "¡Quieto! Rocinante," in your worldview...

I understand our society perfectly. In this case, a society legally illiterate even on boilerplate civics concepts. Allow me to introduce you to the "obscure federal commission" that most of us call "Congress" that you should have been educated about as a young child, and a law that is the...

Point taken and thoroughly analyzed. Having to get your approval is hardly my idea of a shortcut. I'd call it hard advocacy work starting at the grass roots level, but you think you're a Congressman and I'm starting top down. This is surely a strawman of the Supremacy Clause of the U.S...

I thought I'd leave some more tips on how to be a more effective advocate as a citizen in approaching a legislator. Don't just be a citizen complaining about or demanding a law to their representatives. Research all of your state's legislators and find the ones whose interests align most with...

I agree to a great extent. However, litigation at the consumer level is not the only possible course of action. We can educate our congresspeople to stop the SafeSpeeds act. We can develop better legislative strategies than have been used to approach our legislators with as individuals. I'm...

What if you were to consider the doctrine of preemption seriously? Do you do anything other than mock people who understand the concepts involved, while complaining other people shouldn't be interested because you're not; but then you keep showing interest in the topic. For years you've been...

Correct, this is no speed limit. Many of us recall how the feds lacked authority to set a national 55 m.p.h. speed limit and had to make it conditional to receiving highway funds, a bribe. The feds CAN'T set a speed limit. This is an engineering formula, and it's purpose is to govern power to...

I'd like to do a video about this, too. This is about a nexus between law and electrical engineering. I'm a paralegal, you're an engineer. Please allow me to draw your attention to soemthing you have overlooked. The federal regulation is not in terms of nominal or continuous watts. It is...