After banning the use of power features on e-bikes and all other personal electric vehicles in December 2023, an updated policy to reflect a full ban of PEVs on campus will take effect July 1.
If you have ever been a pedestrian in one of these towns you would understand the danger they pose. People on regular bikes go 10 miles an hour. People on these things go 20 miles an hour.
The problem is there aren’t bike lanes, riding in the street is simply too dangerous you will be run over. Even residential streets have speed limits of 25 miles an hour and even the class 2 ebike won’t give you assistance to that speaking, which is necessary for safety with your elderly or merely exhausted. People ride on the sidewalk because it’s the only safe option. Nobody ever complains about how cars are extremely dangerous and responsible for most so-called ebike fatalities and we continue to allow extremely dangerous conditions not just for cyclists but also pedestrians and drivers themselves for no good reason
Yeah I agree it sucks there arent bike lanes in a lot of towns. In most places it would be absolutely fine to use the side walk, but the center of university towns are congested pedestrian walkways. For the same reason you don’t want to be out on the road on your E-bike, people walking to class don’t want to share the way with fast moving E-bikes. This has never been a problem with regular bikes because people don’t typically sprint them through the middle of campus.
The fire issue is generic to lithium batteries, and even the industry itself wants regulations on Battery safety which I support. Sodium ion batteries don’t catch fire and China’s Mass producing them and you can buy them today. It’s likely that electric cars and bikes will probably end up using sodium ion batteries long term. You only really need Lithium-ion batteries for Ultra portable devices
There’s also lithium iron phosphate (LFP) which doesn’t catch on fire either, and has been around longer. There are trade-offs, like sodium being vastly more plentiful than lithium.
If you have ever been a pedestrian in one of these towns you would understand the danger they pose. People on regular bikes go 10 miles an hour. People on these things go 20 miles an hour.
The problem is there aren’t bike lanes, riding in the street is simply too dangerous you will be run over. Even residential streets have speed limits of 25 miles an hour and even the class 2 ebike won’t give you assistance to that speaking, which is necessary for safety with your elderly or merely exhausted. People ride on the sidewalk because it’s the only safe option. Nobody ever complains about how cars are extremely dangerous and responsible for most so-called ebike fatalities and we continue to allow extremely dangerous conditions not just for cyclists but also pedestrians and drivers themselves for no good reason
Yeah I agree it sucks there arent bike lanes in a lot of towns. In most places it would be absolutely fine to use the side walk, but the center of university towns are congested pedestrian walkways. For the same reason you don’t want to be out on the road on your E-bike, people walking to class don’t want to share the way with fast moving E-bikes. This has never been a problem with regular bikes because people don’t typically sprint them through the middle of campus.
No, the problem is dumb ass kids who wouldn’t obey the laws of there was. What’s wrong with foot powered while on campus?
On the sidewalk.
Which is the issue
Exactly, I don’t blame the university not wanting them even if they’re off either on account of how they can spontaneously catch on fire
The fire issue is generic to lithium batteries, and even the industry itself wants regulations on Battery safety which I support. Sodium ion batteries don’t catch fire and China’s Mass producing them and you can buy them today. It’s likely that electric cars and bikes will probably end up using sodium ion batteries long term. You only really need Lithium-ion batteries for Ultra portable devices
That’s interesting actually, I’ll have to look more into sodium ion batteries to figure out what they’re all about.
Yeah for stationary and even some Mobile use sodium ion batteries are going to be the new dominant technology
There’s also lithium iron phosphate (LFP) which doesn’t catch on fire either, and has been around longer. There are trade-offs, like sodium being vastly more plentiful than lithium.
I can push 30 on my regular bike over a short distance
And if you did that in the middle of a crowded pedestrian area I would consider you an asshole.
Right, but the problem is the speed, not the type of bike.
Wow 20 mph. Maybe we should ban all vehicles that go so fast if it’s so dangerous.
The key issue here is that a bicycle is a human scale vehicle whereas a car is a commercial scale vehicle.
All the more reason to ban cars then.
What’s a commercial scale?