"Supporters say that they were motivated because electric bikes are out of control - but they are really motivated by a desire to reduce electric bike use, even though electric bikes are a very good tool towards reducing car crashes, pollution, congestion and all the other good things that come from reducing car use."
"And here's a fact that e-bike opponents constantly ignore: the victims of e-bike crashes are almost entirely the users of electric bikes - and they are being killed or injured by car and truck drivers, not the other way around. In the Garden State, there are precious few examples of electric bike riders injuring pedestrians."
"So what's really going on? Check out this seminal video, "This Dumb E-Bike Law Affects Everyone" from our friends at Berm Peak, which calls the latest regulatory effort merely "duplicitous heavy-handed laws that punish the wrong people and fail to solve the action problem." (Please note: The New Jersey bill to which the host refers did indeed pass and was indeed signed)"
New Jersey enacted a law requiring all electric bikes to be registered, their users insured, and riders to wear motorcycle helmets. Supporters claim e-bikes are out of control but the measure appears intended to reduce e-bike use despite e-bikes' benefits in lowering car crashes, pollution, and congestion. E-bike crash victims are overwhelmingly the riders, who are usually struck by cars and trucks; instances of riders injuring pedestrians in New Jersey are rare. A Berm Peak video labels the law duplicitous and heavy-handed, arguing the rules punish the wrong people and fail to address the actual safety problem.
Read at Streetsblog
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