A new hidden camera investigation by Marketplace shows how some stores are selling e-scooters and e-bikes with top speeds much higher than provincial speed limits and with recommended rider ages younger than provincial regulations allow.

  • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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    16 days ago

    Mental. Especially those e-scooters with their puny front wheels… I really don’t think they’re designed to go fast. We have a minimum age of 14 years here. They don’t require a drivers license but do need insurance on the road and there’s a maximum speed of 20 km/h. Still accident number double or triple each year. And I don’t think we enforce our rules all that much. Police has more important stuff to do.

    I’d really love to ride one of those illegal e-bikes at 120 km/h though. Sounds like a lot of fun.

    Wish we had 32 km/h for e-bikes. It’s 25 in Germany and that’s just too slow and all the cars will try some dangerous maneuvers to get past the bicycle in the crowded city.