Amsterdam testing system that can remotely slow e-bikes down
Amsterdam testing system that can remotely slow e-bikes down
Amsterdam is one of six European cities that will soon test a system that can remotely limit the speed of electric bicycles. Amsterdam’s traffic alderman, Melanie van der Horst, tested the system herself last week, NRC reports.
Alrighty,
So your system knows the exact situation and still is slowing down my bike, just at the moment I need to accelerate to avoid being overrun by that large truck heading into me.
How stupid are these folks? We've got rules, when people don't follow those rules, you fine them. Case closed.
No system to prevent a bike speeding, teach people to obey the law.
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Lol imagine you are trying to go max speed to not get robbed, they see you are going too fast and slow you down. Then the robber catches up and robs you lol
No, it's more to limit speed on some streets, when you have a 60lbs ebike with a 180lbs guy on it going over 60mph in a busy street downtown, it's fucking dangerous.
- AFAIK 60km/h let alone 60mph e-bikes aren't road legal in the Netherlands. 60mph is something like 95km/h. To give you an idea, most motorways are 100km/h in the Netherlands. To drive something that fast you'd need a full motorcycle license, insurance, etc.
- Certainly they're not allowed on cycle paths.
- Even if they were, Amsterdam has a citywide speed limit of 30km/h. That's under 20mp/h.
But more importantly, e-bikes are supposed to have a speed limiter set to 25km/h anyway.
Supposed, like 49.9cm3 should be limited
In addition to what everyone else is saying, any e vehicle able to go that fast weighs more than 60 pounds. You use a random number generator for this post?
Good point I had no idea those went that fast. This does sound difficult to police, I assume they dont need insurance for those either?
They are not going that fast. Don't know where those numbers are from... ebikes are limited to 25km/h to be considered a bicycle.