Amsterdam is one of six European cities that will soon test a system that can remotely limit the speed of electric bicycles. Amsterdam’s traffic alderman, Melanie van der Horst, tested the system herself last week, NRC reports.

Alrighty,

So your system knows the exact situation and still is slowing down my bike, just at the moment I need to accelerate to avoid being overrun by that large truck heading into me.

How stupid are these folks? We’ve got rules, when people don’t follow those rules, you fine them. Case closed.

No system to prevent a bike speeding, teach people to obey the law.

  • @MagisterEnglish
    -6•9 months ago

    No, it’s more to limit speed on some streets, when you have a 60lbs ebike with a 180lbs guy on it going over 60mph in a busy street downtown, it’s fucking dangerous.

    • @Mr_BlottEnglish
      18•9 months ago

      I’m sorry but could you repeat that with measurements that aren’t straight out of the 14th century?

      Perhaps washing machines or football fields?

      • @colonelp4nicEnglish
        10•9 months ago

        That’s like a third of a washing machine with a washing machine on top of it traveling at 880 football fields an hour!

    • Hyperreality
      14•9 months ago
      1. AFAIK 60km/h let alone 60mph e-bikes aren’t road legal in the Netherlands. 60mph is something like 95km/h. To give you an idea, most motorways are 100km/h in the Netherlands. To drive something that fast you’d need a full motorcycle license, insurance, etc.
      2. Certainly they’re not allowed on cycle paths.
      3. Even if they were, Amsterdam has a citywide speed limit of 30km/h. That’s under 20mp/h.
      • @[email protected]English
        2•9 months ago

        But more importantly, e-bikes are supposed to have a speed limiter set to 25km/h anyway.

        • @MagisterEnglish
          1•9 months ago

          Supposed, like 49.9cm3 should be limited

    • Ms. ArmoredThirteenEnglish
      2•9 months ago

      In addition to what everyone else is saying, any e vehicle able to go that fast weighs more than 60 pounds. You use a random number generator for this post?

    • @[email protected]English
      1•9 months ago

      Good point I had no idea those went that fast. This does sound difficult to police, I assume they dont need insurance for those either?

      • DerGottesknechtEnglish
        7•9 months ago

        They are not going that fast. Don’t know where those numbers are from… ebikes are limited to 25km/h to be considered a bicycle.