On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:14:52 -0400, Ed P wrote:
E Bikes are becoming very popular. Cheap easy transportation, they
are good for a lot of people. With risk, though, much from
stupidity.
bike
The local subreddit had a thread yesterday about a guy who rides
around on a onewheel and seems to have a death wish. So far there
haven't been any city ordinances but as e-bikes and e-scooters
proliferate it's a matter of time. I think the Forest Service has
banned them and they are now added to the prohibited signs at
trailheads. The icon is a bicycle with an electric cord with a red
slash.
Last night I was out late and ahead I saw a blinking red light.
From 50 yards away, it was more like a firefly than signal light.
From 5 yards, not much better. At a traffic light I pulled next to
him. Dimly lit street, poor flashing light, no headlight, black
bike and the rider wearing black too.
I hope he made it home.
When I go home at night most of the trip is on rural roads with no
street lights. I've found even a very visible red blinker attracts my attention in all the darkness and I tend to aim at it. Target
fixation.
It's worse in the city with bicycles being the preferred mode of transportation for the homeless. They aren't too big on safety
equipment or common sense. The homeless pedestrians are no better but
they don't move as fast.
rbowman wrote:
On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:14:52 -0400, Ed P wrote:https://baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2025/10/24/st--petersburg-police-e-
E Bikes are becoming very popular. Cheap easy transportation, they
are good for a lot of people. With risk, though, much from
stupidity.
bike
The local subreddit had a thread yesterday about a guy who rides
around on a onewheel and seems to have a death wish. So far there
haven't been any city ordinances but as e-bikes and e-scooters
proliferate it's a matter of time. I think the Forest Service has
banned them and they are now added to the prohibited signs at
trailheads. The icon is a bicycle with an electric cord with a red
slash.
Last night I was out late and ahead I saw a blinking red light.
From 50 yards away, it was more like a firefly than signal light.
From 5 yards, not much better. At a traffic light I pulled next to
him. Dimly lit street, poor flashing light, no headlight, black
bike and the rider wearing black too.
I hope he made it home.
When I go home at night most of the trip is on rural roads with no
street lights. I've found even a very visible red blinker attracts my
attention in all the darkness and I tend to aim at it. Target
fixation.
It's worse in the city with bicycles being the preferred mode of
transportation for the homeless. They aren't too big on safety
equipment or common sense. The homeless pedestrians are no better but
they don't move as fast.
I have no problem with e-bikes properly used but in Virginia Beach
they've been banned from the Boardwalk area and the bike trails. All
bikes are banned from the boardwalk anyway except at really odd hours
like 2-5am or somesuch.
The problem is the e-bikes can hit over 30mph and kids aren't using
them safely around regular foot traffic or of slower normal bikes.
On Wed, 5 Nov 2025 19:05:36 -0000 (UTC), "Carol"
The problem is the e-bikes can hit over 30mph and kids aren't using
them safely around regular foot traffic or of slower normal bikes.
Yeah but ...
.. e-bikes don't hurt people - careless e-bike _riders_ _do_ !
So don't put _any_ restrictions on the e-bikes -
and let the overcrowded courts deal with the careless riders.
Problem solved.
John T.
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