The article is in Dutch. The city is reducing the speed on many city roadways from 50 km/hr to 30 km/hr, to increase safety for cyclists and pedestrians. The goal is to reduce traffic injuries and deaths by 20-30%.
As usual, carbrains on social media are complaining left and right. “Some ebikes are faster!”
Isn’t that illegal as well, assuming the speed is all from the motor? If the bike cut off at 25kmph(?) and the person pedalling can zoom as fast as 40kmph like car usually can easily go, then you should fear the person on the bike because they might be a t-rex.
A multi-ton auto travelling at 40 is a lot different from an e bike at 40.
I mean it’s like comparing a knife stab and a gun shot. For both, the victim is not gonna have a good time.
Well yea, but who’s gonna police those? Also they don’t have license plates so even if you put speed cameras up, ebikes aren’t affected. In my country, even motorcycles aren’t affected by most cameras, as most cameras require a front license plate.
Generally speaking, there’s no point in chasing something that can easily go to places a police car can’t and a police motorcycle will still have a harder time maneuvering in tight spaces compared to a lightweight ebike or scooter.
They’re often unlocked.
40 km/h is not hard on a bicycle. For a while, anyway. I’ve gone around 50 for very short intervals and even back when I was in my best ever physical shape, I was still nearly 100 kilos with a pretty wide torso. Loads of wind resistance!