That might be the most punchable face in the history of faces. Like an older Jofrey who didn’t get poisoned.

I mean, nothing with a throttle is considered a class one Ebike. Because of the cost of class one ebikes, you don’t really see a lot of people fucking around with the limiters and stuff like that. The 2s and 3s are legitimately dangerous.

I 100% get where you’re coming from but, for example, adding speed bumps to my street would cause the city to have to finally address the fact that my neighborhood is still chip-seal in some places, that sidewalks and curbs need to be installed and that the sewers, water and gas mains all need to be updated. And…

I get why manufacturers are less happy to build hybrids- they’re so much more complicated than an ICE or an EV. You’ve got to have all the bits of an ICE AND all the bits of an EV AND it’s still got to be reasonably priced because for some reason people think that the most complicated cars ever produced should be…

But, we don’t make laws based on “well, some assholes are gonna ignore it anyway so why bother.”

There’s always going to be some idiot who drives down my street at 60 miles an hour. But getting everyone else to slow down a little makes a difference in a neighborhood full of kids.

OK, so what you are saing is the reason why a lot of mountainbikers are dead set against ebikes of any kind. Around here, we’ve worked hard to build trails that are motor free, because there are thousands of miles of trails for motorbikes and side by sides but not so much for mountain bikes.

Or, go to Minocqua in Wisconsin. Sure, you’ll have to put up with all the cars and the loud-ass harleys, but you’ll be free to ride your class 2-3 ebike wherever you want.

A class one ebike is only pedal assist- you have to actually pedal to make it go, and there’s usually multiple settings for how much assist you get, but no matter the setting, you still have to pedal and you still have to make some effort.

Class 2 and 3 ebikes are basically mopeds.

Very happy to say my city is actually dropping speed limits. More and more of our neighborhoods are dropping from 25 to 20 mph.

So, I think there’s a misunderstanding built into the term ebike- A class one ebike is a bike with an electric assist. It’s not faster than a regular bike. Think of it as a bike that’s designed to make you feel stronger or go farther without bonking. These are the expensive ebikes. They will assist you up until 20…

Sort of. Class one ebikes are actual bikes with electric assist. I didn’t get this until a friend let me ride his.It had 3 power settings.

Literally any marginally competent roofing estimator could have told them that some roofs are more complicated than others.

OK, hear me out, this is going to sound crazy, but wouldn’t it have been easier to just not write way too many tickets for people of color in the first place?

Nope. Unless everyone on the grid was given specific instructions that they would have to answer questions from Martin Brundle if asked as a condition of entry, She’s allowed to say no.

Let’s say Brundle cornered the noted racing and privacy enthusiast Dave Letterman- does he have to answer questions just because he’s on the grid?

On the one hand, yeah, it seems like an overreaction. On the other hand, would you want this used on the road in front of your house? Or the road in front of your daycare? Everyone is OK with it when it’s being used somewhere else but close to home? mayyyyyybe not.

why do people buy suvs and crossovers? because you need one vehicle that can do everything. If my city had better public transit and if the midwest had actual rail transit, would I need to own a subaru outback? No. I’d probably have something smaller, that got better gas mileage. But instead, I have to own one car…

cars have become too easy to drive and too isolating

We will build millions of dollars of special infrastructure for bikes, including elaborate bridges because that’s easier than actually getting drivers to pay attention to the road.

There’s actually a special tailgate cover you can buy for bikes to hang over the back of your truck. which just seems like it defeats the purpose of a truck.