Papers please!

[Chargeride]

Its in German but has English subtitles, the knowledge of the officers is the issue here, nothings going to get past them as they check ebikes during the morning commute.

Sorry for the offensive joke headline, but to a Brit..we cant help ourselves

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Sorry for the offensive joke headline, but to a Brit..we cant help ourselves

I do not quite understand what is funny with the fact the law is enforced.

 

[Chargeride]

Im presuming in reality, the enforcement is lax as it is here in the UK.
A migrant delivery fastfood rider was caught on camera tearing along a motorway on his ebike

Everyone was moaning about all the usual stuff

I was like..no one has mentioned hes doing 45 without pedalling.

 

[Chargeride]

I do not quite understand what is funny with the fact the law is enforced.

Lol Stefan, theres not a single british war film without multiple scenes of german officers demanding identification papers off ordinary citizens, its just our built in response to authority.
We still actually dont have any ID requirements whatsoever in the UK, though its being mentioned again.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

We have our share of idiots in Poland, too, Chris.
I'd love we had such inspections in the land on the Vistula and Odra...

Besides, I am not clean, either. My Vado 6.0 should be registered and insured (I lost my patience with the earlier incarnation that was registered, insured but then the frame cracked, forcing me to deregister and uninsure the old frame, which was not easy!) My Vado SL has the derestrictor but I hardly use it. To my defense, I can only say I learned riding within 25 km/h, and it is good both for my health and safety Not even mentioning less stress on the batteries!

 

[Chargeride]

ooh, get yourself in the dirty thread

 

[sc00ter]

Crazy! At least someone is trying to enforce a law. I have a feeling that this enforcement will just make the next generation of hop-up kits more stealth.

 

[Chargeride]

The first thing that springs to mind is easy picking on commuters, as in the UK, Surrons and 70mph scooters just get ignored because they will run.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

The first thing that springs to mind is easy picking on commuters, as in the UK, Surrons and 70mph scooters just get ignored because they will run.

The German police have motorcycles, too.

Which reminds me the ticket I got in West Germany (1990) for riding a bike in a pedestrian zone. I was caught by a police car that followed me there!

 

[dodgeman]

I generally don’t see a lot of people abusing speeds on e bikes but it happens. We were on vacation in Idaho in Coeur d’ Alene and they had a bike trail and I saw people going about 30 mph on it, one with a bicycle with a small gas engine on it.

 

[Urbancowboy]

Its in German but has English subtitles, the knowledge of the officers is the issue here, nothings going to get past them as they check ebikes during the morning commute.

Sorry for the offensive joke headline, but to a Brit..we cant help ourselves

Typical German overregulation (Regulierungswut). So glad I left that Country almost a Lifetime ago to have actual not just perceived Freedom.
Cheers

 

[6zfshdb]

I generally don’t see a lot of people abusing speeds on e bikes but it happens. We were on vacation in Idaho in Coeur d’ Alene and they had a bike trail and I saw people going about 30 mph on it, one with a bicycle with a small gas engine on it.

When talking to folks I meet on the trail, this is the number one complaint I hear. Idiots going too fast and whizzing by others without slowing or giving warning!

 

[Mr. Coffee]

When talking to folks I meet on the trail, this is the number one complaint I hear. Idiots going too fast and whizzing by others without slowing or giving warning!

Y'know, those trails exist because of public support from multiple user groups. Not just cyclists. People who'd like to go on the trails won't use them and won't support them if they perceive the experience as unpleasant or unsafe.

It would be a shame if abusive behavior by idiots operating motorized bikes took those trails from all of ua.

 

[6zfshdb]

Y'know, those trails exist because of public support from multiple user groups. Not just cyclists. People who'd like to go on the trails won't use them and won't support them if they perceive the experience as unpleasant or unsafe.

Very true, but it also results in complaints which generate anti E-bike regulations

It would be a shame if abusive behavior by idiots operating motorized bikes took those trails from all of ua.

Agreed. It's a double edged sword. These trails can be defunded for lack of use or regulated into oblivion.