Increase in road deaths amid rise of e-bikes prompts Houten to test willingness of freedom-loving cyclists to slow down

As road deaths increase and cycle lanes overflow with e-bikes, the Netherlands is considering a cycling speed limit of 12mph (20km/h).

The government has started a two-week trial in Houten, near Utrecht, to gauge whether freedom-loving Dutch cyclists are willing to slow down – and whether they have any idea how fast they are going in the first place.

    • zaphod@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      11·
      21 天前

      For regular bicycles speed limits don’t make much sense in general. For streets that you don’t want people to go fast you have to change the street.

      • lad@programming.devEnglish
        6·
        21 天前

        The article doesn’t mention the limit applies only to e-bikes, I would assume it’s for everyone

        Edit: or, if you meant that as an example of a sensible limit, yes that’s a sensible limit already

      • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        6·
        21 天前

        That limit can be removed. I believe that in some e-bikes you can just access a hidden mode and unlock it so it’s not even a software or hardware modification.

        Sure, it’s not “legal”, but if the Dutch Government refuses to regulate e-bikes nobody is going to be periodically checking them after they’re sold to make sure they comply with rules like that.