You compared video games having content ratings to ebikes having wattage labels in another comment. Video games predate the current rating system. That’s where we are now with ebikes.
There isn’t an ebike equivalent to the ESRB. There are different guidelines everywhere, and manufacturer enforcement basically nowhere.
Putting all the blame on parents is equivalent to saying climate change is the fault of people that don’t put their yoghurt cups in the recycle bin. We shouldn’t engage in the trickle-down blame game.
I didn’t say wattage, I said speed. As a parent you should know that putting your child on anything that has a motor means you need to pay attention. My ebike said right on the box, on the website, and in the store what the speed was. It was no secret how fast it could go. Any parent should be able to know that putting your child on something that goes over 20 mph that it’s dangerous, it’s not rocket science. If they buy a device which moves their child that fast, that is 100% on them. They can take responsibility.
I see what you’re getting at, though personally I want guardrails on the overpass rather than trusting individual drivers to stay within the painted lanes.
I’d be okay with an age rating on there similar to ESRB for parents, but I don’t want restrictions on devices because parents can’t be bothered to research the products they buy for their children. We deserve freedom to buy what we want without having safety padding on everything because other people can’t be bothered to do the basic minimum research.
I know tech nerds scoff about this for video games and, in this case, e-bikes; but I imagine when you’re buying so many categories of item for kids, there’s always something you don’t think about enough - especially if, being a parent, your time is at a premium.
I’m not trying to shoulder blame 100% on manufacturers, just describing why it’s an understandable mistake to me.
Right? How fucking hard is it to just fucking google something like this, in this day and age? It’s not like the 80s and 90s where you had to call around to find information about something your kid wants. You can just look it up online, easily. Epitome of shit parents.
Googling anything in this day and age can be pretty monotonous, with AI results and SEO garbage filling every page.
At a certain point it should be reasonable to expect things that are sold to be safe without the responsibility of investigating every purchase like an archeological dig.
I mean, it wasn’t exactly widely available and the average household didn’t have Internet until the mid to late 90s, and a lot of times it was a shared line, so if Mom was taking to Great Aunt Millie for the first time in months, you weren’t getting online that night lol.
As with everything, parents refuse to do any research and just buy whatever for their children. Next steps will be attempting to ban them.
You compared video games having content ratings to ebikes having wattage labels in another comment. Video games predate the current rating system. That’s where we are now with ebikes.
There isn’t an ebike equivalent to the ESRB. There are different guidelines everywhere, and manufacturer enforcement basically nowhere.
Putting all the blame on parents is equivalent to saying climate change is the fault of people that don’t put their yoghurt cups in the recycle bin. We shouldn’t engage in the trickle-down blame game.
I didn’t say wattage, I said speed. As a parent you should know that putting your child on anything that has a motor means you need to pay attention. My ebike said right on the box, on the website, and in the store what the speed was. It was no secret how fast it could go. Any parent should be able to know that putting your child on something that goes over 20 mph that it’s dangerous, it’s not rocket science. If they buy a device which moves their child that fast, that is 100% on them. They can take responsibility.
I see what you’re getting at, though personally I want guardrails on the overpass rather than trusting individual drivers to stay within the painted lanes.
I’d be okay with an age rating on there similar to ESRB for parents, but I don’t want restrictions on devices because parents can’t be bothered to research the products they buy for their children. We deserve freedom to buy what we want without having safety padding on everything because other people can’t be bothered to do the basic minimum research.
I know tech nerds scoff about this for video games and, in this case, e-bikes; but I imagine when you’re buying so many categories of item for kids, there’s always something you don’t think about enough - especially if, being a parent, your time is at a premium.
I’m not trying to shoulder blame 100% on manufacturers, just describing why it’s an understandable mistake to me.
Video games have ratings right on the box, ebikes have top speeds written on them. I put the blame on the parents.
Ban parents? Only sensible take.
Right? How fucking hard is it to just fucking google something like this, in this day and age? It’s not like the 80s and 90s where you had to call around to find information about something your kid wants. You can just look it up online, easily. Epitome of shit parents.
Googling anything in this day and age can be pretty monotonous, with AI results and SEO garbage filling every page.
At a certain point it should be reasonable to expect things that are sold to be safe without the responsibility of investigating every purchase like an archeological dig.
I have to imagine it’s easier than starting a coalition to ban things, but I’ve been wrong about that before
Listen, Google is new technology. It was only invented 30+ years ago…
Even a quick googling on my end got me results for what I’m hoping is a suitable kid’s e-bike. Class 2 (20mph max), 500W, and cargo space for any bulky school projects.
Putting aside that the internet definitely existed in the 80s and 90s. That’s what magazines were for, that’s why there was a zine for everything.
I mean, it wasn’t exactly widely available and the average household didn’t have Internet until the mid to late 90s, and a lot of times it was a shared line, so if Mom was taking to Great Aunt Millie for the first time in months, you weren’t getting online that night lol.