Originally Posted by
veganbikes
Having pedals and a throttle makes it a moped which has basis in bicycles but a bicycle is pedal only. If people want to ride them and all of that, totally fine, go for it, plenty of roads all over the U.S. for motorized throttled vehicles they just don't need to be mis-defined as a bicycle nor be on trails and paths designed for bicycles or pedestrians.
I don't disagree with you, but sadly what I listed are the official definitions now. People seem to not equate mopeds/scooters with throttle-controlled ebikes. I'm afraid that as the technology advances that there will be more throttle-only function available on bikes with pedals. I'm sure one day the laws will catch up and we will change the definitions of ebikes and such, but for now the bike industry calls them ebikes and the laws follow.
Another problem I see coming, as the technology advances the true ebikes will become faster without an increase in pedaling force. What then?
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