A bicycle should not require insurance, licensure, or any regulation whatsoever.
The vehicle pictured in the article is a moped, or motorcycle. I ride an electric bicycle. It looks, and is, exactly like a bicycle. It has a small battery, and a small electric motor. My electric bicycle weighs 20 kilos, and has a max speed of 32 kmh. I am a menace to no one. I present no more peril to others than any other cyclist.
orillia3 - 12 years ago
The picture is of a Gio 500+ ebike. It is styled to look like a gasoline scooter, but is is not, it conforms to ebike legislation of Canada and Ontario, so it is an ebike, not an electric scooter. The scooter design is tried and true with a history in gasoline powered scooters, so it is no surprise that the design would be copied, albeit on a smaller scale than their gasoline powered look alikes.
Angela Demarse - 12 years ago
Firstly, the image this poll show is an electric scooter. This is different from an e-bike because e-bikes are merely bicycles with electric-motor assistance. Many places choose to pass legislation about electric scooters, but I strongly believe that e-bikes should remain without legislation.
To crack down on e-bikes could lead to cracking down on bicycles, because if you get rid of the motor-assistance youre just going to have an even slower hinderance on the road. Rather than dissing this extremely efficient and pollution-free option, why doesn't windsor make way for them and maybe create special bike-paths? I think the only people who mind ebikes are people who are not conscientious drivers, and are not environmentall concerned. Windsor already reaks of pollution, and fewer gas-powered cars on the road would likely help.
According to the Motor Vehicle Act anything driving 32km/hr does not need a license and I stand by that. They use only 1/5 of a horsepower engines. Please, do not choose to limit your own rights. Rather than enforcing some legislation, this can really be dealt with common sense. Some people have no other options for transport.
That being said, irresponsible and dangerous bike-riders are of course an issue. Both automobile and ebike riders need to be aware of one another. If a police officer sees someone on a bicycle, electric or not, swerving in and out of traffic or some other nonsense, then obviously they may be pulled over and ticketed or punished. But I think it's unnecessary to put aside all of the benefits that these electric-motor vehicles offer just because of a few miscreants.
1vsmany - 12 years ago
When I hear the word ebikes I get shivers down my spine and my hair stands up on my arms. I believe they were made with energy savings in mind for the consumer which is great. My problem is where we see the consumer riding there ebikes and how & when they ride them that is the problem. If it is on the road it should be a plated vehicle with insurance just like a motorcycle. This would make ebike owners think twice about how they are driving and what they're doing with their bikes. The must appalling thing I have seen & I cannot get this out of my mind is they are attaching a child's carriage-one that you would attach to a bicycle to the back of there ebike and pulling this child through traffic on the road behind their ebike. This has got to stop!! How can they hear the child?? What if someone rear ends that child carrier? This was on Lauzon Rd at a very busy time and traffic was trying to get around them. Imagine the child at vehicle level, what are they thinking? Do we wait for the ebikes to take over and an accident to happen or some innocent child to loose their life before something is done? Let be the voice for these children and stop these parents. WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?????
A bicycle should not require insurance, licensure, or any regulation whatsoever.
The vehicle pictured in the article is a moped, or motorcycle. I ride an electric bicycle. It looks, and is, exactly like a bicycle. It has a small battery, and a small electric motor. My electric bicycle weighs 20 kilos, and has a max speed of 32 kmh. I am a menace to no one. I present no more peril to others than any other cyclist.
The picture is of a Gio 500+ ebike. It is styled to look like a gasoline scooter, but is is not, it conforms to ebike legislation of Canada and Ontario, so it is an ebike, not an electric scooter. The scooter design is tried and true with a history in gasoline powered scooters, so it is no surprise that the design would be copied, albeit on a smaller scale than their gasoline powered look alikes.
Firstly, the image this poll show is an electric scooter. This is different from an e-bike because e-bikes are merely bicycles with electric-motor assistance. Many places choose to pass legislation about electric scooters, but I strongly believe that e-bikes should remain without legislation.
To crack down on e-bikes could lead to cracking down on bicycles, because if you get rid of the motor-assistance youre just going to have an even slower hinderance on the road. Rather than dissing this extremely efficient and pollution-free option, why doesn't windsor make way for them and maybe create special bike-paths? I think the only people who mind ebikes are people who are not conscientious drivers, and are not environmentall concerned. Windsor already reaks of pollution, and fewer gas-powered cars on the road would likely help.
According to the Motor Vehicle Act anything driving 32km/hr does not need a license and I stand by that. They use only 1/5 of a horsepower engines. Please, do not choose to limit your own rights. Rather than enforcing some legislation, this can really be dealt with common sense. Some people have no other options for transport.
That being said, irresponsible and dangerous bike-riders are of course an issue. Both automobile and ebike riders need to be aware of one another. If a police officer sees someone on a bicycle, electric or not, swerving in and out of traffic or some other nonsense, then obviously they may be pulled over and ticketed or punished. But I think it's unnecessary to put aside all of the benefits that these electric-motor vehicles offer just because of a few miscreants.
When I hear the word ebikes I get shivers down my spine and my hair stands up on my arms. I believe they were made with energy savings in mind for the consumer which is great. My problem is where we see the consumer riding there ebikes and how & when they ride them that is the problem. If it is on the road it should be a plated vehicle with insurance just like a motorcycle. This would make ebike owners think twice about how they are driving and what they're doing with their bikes. The must appalling thing I have seen & I cannot get this out of my mind is they are attaching a child's carriage-one that you would attach to a bicycle to the back of there ebike and pulling this child through traffic on the road behind their ebike. This has got to stop!! How can they hear the child?? What if someone rear ends that child carrier? This was on Lauzon Rd at a very busy time and traffic was trying to get around them. Imagine the child at vehicle level, what are they thinking? Do we wait for the ebikes to take over and an accident to happen or some innocent child to loose their life before something is done? Let be the voice for these children and stop these parents. WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?????