Re: New York's Crackdown on Ebikes

On 5/26/2025 5:14 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:

Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

On Sun, 25 May 2025 21:36:00 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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New York Times article on police cracking down on ebike traffic
violations. Let's see if this will get people past the paywall:
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/nyregion/ebikes-scooters-cyclists-nyc.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KE8.voH2.AOcHv0jrnp79&smid=url-share

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“This is a direct attack on immigrant workers,” Ms. Guallpa said. “The
intent is to criminalize workers and to create a situation where our
communities could be targets for deportation.”
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Typical NYT woke nonsense...
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C'est bon
Soloman
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 I guess is the argument that it’s disproportionate? Sounds from the article
(though could be incorrect) that traffic volitions are linked to the
driving License more in the US?
 In uk it’s not so all forms are broadly under same regulations, are clearly
exemptions such as speed limits which where introduced for motor vehicles
only.
 Aka the law is limited rather than broad in scope.
 Roger Merriman

No license requirement for electric bicycles, nor vehicle registration, no number plate, etc.  She is imagining a different problem from the one in the rest of the article.
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