‘Take them away, crush them’: Australia faces an ebike surge that some say poses a health emergency

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• galoisghost@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fuck me that article came across as a bunch of boring old farts yelling at those damn kids.

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  • Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No kidding

    “You put the drugs into the community and now people have tasted it, and now you want to take it out,” Maruta says. “It’s too late.”

    they are talking about bikes here

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    • ozeng@aus.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      @Sidyctism2 @galoisghost because they’ve already shown how well they can regulate nicotine

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• DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Why is the guardian conflating E motorbikes and normal legal ebikes? Overpowered ebikes are already illegal on roads. We either need to enforce it more or the commonwealth needs to ban them being imported.

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because one of these is a relative rarity and the other could be in your garage right now!!!

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  • Ilandar@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why is the guardian conflating E motorbikes and normal legal ebikes?

    The article is about illegal e-bikes that bypass the speed restrictions.

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• SaneMartigan@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We need to invest in bike infrastructure.

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• observes_depths@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Funny how no one remembers that cars have been killing pedestrians for decades, but somehow bikes are the problem.

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  • Psiczar@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Most people don’t drive cars in parks or on footpaths.

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    • TimePencil@infosec.exchange ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      @Psiczar wrote, "Most people don’t drive cars in parks or on footpaths."

      Given the many flame wars that have erupted on this issue, I was kinda disappointed that nobody has yet responded,
      "What do mean by 'most' people? Where did you get your data from? Have you got any proof to back up your statement?"

      🤪

      @observes_depths

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• makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Kids. You can’t social media anymore. Go outside!

  Kids. You can’t go outside. Go back and hide in your rooms.

  Ffs

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  • Psiczar@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s more:

    Parents. Don’t buy you’re kids unrestricted e-bikes and let them ride them on the footpath and hit someone.

    Ffs

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