I don’t know about you but I would very much like there to be restrictions on the size and speed of vehicles in bike lanes and I have personally witnessed a ton of assholes riding the good ol dui-cycles blasting 30mph on a multiuse path with pedestrians and normal cyclists. All that does is turn what are supposed to be safe paths into another area where you can injured my a motorized vehicle.
We already have requirements for motorized vehicles and the whole purpose of the max speed on the bikes is so that they aren’t considered mopeds which have had regulatory requirements for decades
If you live in a puritanic theocracy, then this is true.
We already have requirements for motorized vehicles and the whole purpose of the max speed on the bikes is so that they aren’t considered mopeds which have had regulatory requirements for decades
Look up why moped regulations (including speed limiters and speed limits) were introduced.
It was done because car lobbyists wanted to make sure that mopeds sucked bad enough that people would continue to buy cars instead of smaller, lower power vehicles.
Your argument might make sense if there wasn’t the higher power powered motorcycles without regulation…
Motorcycle- no max speed or horsepower and requires maximum amount of regulations
Moped - less horsepower and less regulations
Motorized bicycle - even lower hp/speed with minimal regulations
Companies keep trying to blur the lines between motorized bicycles and mopeds instead of giving Americans the usable commuter mopeds that exist in other countries like India.
You’re talking about 125cc bikes like Honda Airblade, Wave or Activa, that do 55mph stock?
Those are the exact things that blur the line between scooter and motorcycle. IMO the american equivalent would need to go a bit faster to be safe on highways.
Look up why moped regulations (including speed limiters and speed limits) were introduced.
It was done because car lobbyists wanted to make sure that mopeds sucked bad enough that people would continue to buy cars instead of smaller, lower power vehicles.
Do you have a source for this claim? I tried to look it up but just got the justification (to keep them under the motorcycle classification). I don’t really doubt you but verification would be nice.
But it’s also illegal to be drunk in public
I don’t know about you but I would very much like there to be restrictions on the size and speed of vehicles in bike lanes and I have personally witnessed a ton of assholes riding the good ol dui-cycles blasting 30mph on a multiuse path with pedestrians and normal cyclists. All that does is turn what are supposed to be safe paths into another area where you can injured my a motorized vehicle.
We already have requirements for motorized vehicles and the whole purpose of the max speed on the bikes is so that they aren’t considered mopeds which have had regulatory requirements for decades
If you live in a puritanic theocracy, then this is true.
Look up why moped regulations (including speed limiters and speed limits) were introduced.
It was done because car lobbyists wanted to make sure that mopeds sucked bad enough that people would continue to buy cars instead of smaller, lower power vehicles.
Your argument might make sense if there wasn’t the higher power powered motorcycles without regulation…
Motorcycle- no max speed or horsepower and requires maximum amount of regulations
Moped - less horsepower and less regulations
Motorized bicycle - even lower hp/speed with minimal regulations
Companies keep trying to blur the lines between motorized bicycles and mopeds instead of giving Americans the usable commuter mopeds that exist in other countries like India.
You’re talking about 125cc bikes like Honda Airblade, Wave or Activa, that do 55mph stock?
Those are the exact things that blur the line between scooter and motorcycle. IMO the american equivalent would need to go a bit faster to be safe on highways.
Do you have a source for this claim? I tried to look it up but just got the justification (to keep them under the motorcycle classification). I don’t really doubt you but verification would be nice.