I commute to work in San Francisco every day on a regular bike, and although I’m happy to see people turning to e-bikes instead of cars, so many new riders just have terrible etiquette and make me feel less safe. Given the speeds these things are capable of, I think they’d be more than capable of riding with cars in the main lanes.
I’m curious as to whether anyone who lives in a city that has changed the laws about e-bikers in bike lanes has seen this make a difference to their experience (and if e-bikers follow the rules at all).
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>if e-bikers follow the rules at all
That is a good one.
I find that ebikers tend to have attitudes closer to drivers than cyclists. Chances are if a person finds pedaling a bicycle difficult but they still have the sense of entitlement to get to be on a bike with little effort, they aren’t going to put much effort into being good cyclists.
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I commute to work in San Francisco every day on a regular bike, and although I’m happy to see people turning to e-bikes instead of cars, so many new riders just have terrible etiquette and make me feel less safe. Given the speeds these things are capable of, I think they’d be more than capable of riding with cars in the main lanes.
I’m curious as to whether anyone who lives in a city that has changed the laws about e-bikers in bike lanes has seen this make a difference to their experience (and if e-bikers follow the rules at all).
>if e-bikers follow the rules at all
That is a good one.
I find that ebikers tend to have attitudes closer to drivers than cyclists. Chances are if a person finds pedaling a bicycle difficult but they still have the sense of entitlement to get to be on a bike with little effort, they aren’t going to put much effort into being good cyclists.