• galoisghost@aussie.zone
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    7 days ago

    Fuck me that article came across as a bunch of boring old farts yelling at those damn kids.

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        5 days ago

        @Psiczar wrote, “Most people don’t drive cars in parks or on footpaths.”

        Given the many flame wars that have erupted on this issue, I was kinda disappointed that nobody has yet responded,
        “What do mean by ‘most’ people? Where did you get your data from? Have you got any proof to back up your statement?”

        🤪

        @observes_depths

  • DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone
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    6 days ago

    Why is the guardian conflating E motorbikes and normal legal ebikes? Overpowered ebikes are already illegal on roads. We either need to enforce it more or the commonwealth needs to ban them being imported.

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      5 days ago

      Why is the guardian conflating E motorbikes and normal legal ebikes?

      The article is about illegal e-bikes that bypass the speed restrictions.

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      6 days ago

      Because one of these is a relative rarity and the other could be in your garage right now!!!

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    5 days ago

    We need to invest in bike infrastructure.

    EDIT:

    I think Australia should be considering a pathway to licensing and regulation for these e-motorbikes. A course to learn the laws, roadworthy rules, registration, vehicle lights (indicators, tail, stop, front, high beam), minimum helmet requirements, etc.

    Used appropriately, they’re great devices.

    Probably more importantly, develop actual micro-mobility infrastructure to allow any gross vehicle mass under ~200kg it’s own proper “roads” where they’re not interacting with cars or pedestrians, esp trucks, kids and dogs.

    Currently bikes are mostly forced to deal with one or the other, which draws ire from the public because of the general fuck anyone who affects me in any negative manner attitude we seem to have fostered about transit.

  • makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml
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    6 days ago

    Kids. You can’t social media anymore. Go outside!

    Kids. You can’t go outside. Go back and hide in your rooms.

    Ffs

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      6 days ago

      It’s more:

      Parents. Don’t buy you’re kids unrestricted e-bikes and let them ride them on the footpath and hit someone.

      Ffs