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| France implements harsh new law that makes it illegal to hot rod e-bikes to make them go faster, punishable by up to a year in prison, a $34,000 fine, and a three year license suspension |
| 2020-03-15 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #4 Used to be some (gas) bikes buzzing around the neighborhood. Right out of Tati or Fellini. One would regularly swoop downhill across four lanes of traffic, Battle of Britain style, into an active parking lot. And then there were the wee hours bar and work runs. Not so much, lately. Same with scooterborne carpetbaggers after Katrina: very amusing for a time, and then there ain't as many of 'em as there was a while ago. |
| Posted by: Sonny Grumble2716 2020-03-15 15:54 |
| #3 My daddy said, "Son you better take a hike If you don't driving that hot rod e-bike. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2020-03-15 15:29 |
| #2 Huge problem, probably not. But safety issues, yes. In France (and elsewhere), if it can go faster than 15 MPH, it's considered a moped, which means it needs upgraded brakes, head plus tail lights and turn-signals and so on to be legal. (Shouldn't be a problem with the current state of LED lighting.) Kind of a shame really as France used to be a hotbed of innoviations in home build airplanes (Jodel, Cri-Cri, etc.), cars, just about anything mechanical and the like. Sadly, not anymore. |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2020-03-15 15:22 |
| #1 Are E-bikes a huge problem for the French? It would seem that there are so many problems higher on the list of priorities. Reads like a Bloomberg dictum. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2020-03-15 10:53 |