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Old 06-07-21, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by JoeyBike
Eventually someone will have to draw a line between eBikes and eMotorcycles. I mean, can I drive my Tesla on the golf cart paths? I could take my own electric golf cart. So much easier to just drive my electric luxury car to the course, then to each hole. Why not? It's the 'why nots' that will eventually categorize eBikes into OK for bike paths and TOO MUCH for bike paths. Just guessing really. So far there aren't enough of them where I live to pay much attention.

Most states define electric bikes as being powered for less than 20 mph and less than 750 watts. Louisiana defines them completely differently as "motorized bicycles" limited to 25 mph, and also requires that you have a drivers license if it exceeds 5 hp. . They're allowed on bike paths unless otherwise forbidden.

But yeah, the line can get kind of blurry.
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