The five biggest Dutch cities are urging the government to let them ban fatbikes, e-scooters and other motor-powered vehicles from cycle lanes to prevent “total chaos,” the Telegraaf reported on Wednesday. “Cycle lanes should be a safe place for all cyclists, not just the biggest, strongest and fastest,” the cities’ transport chiefs said in a joint statement to parliament’s infrastructure committee, which is debating road safety on Thursday. Local authorities have long warned that cycle lanes are overloaded and were...
In the Netherlands basically all fatbikes are electric ones. Young adults/teens ride them and also hack the software so they go much faster.
In the Netherlands an ebike should only work when you actively use the pedals and should go 25 km/h or slower.
Otherwise it’s a scooter with different rules (license plate, scooter driver license, insurance, etc).
Many kids (and even some adults) turn them into a scooter, ride the bicycle roads and cause accidents.