_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days ago

Britain’s illegal e-bike boom: desperation, delivery drivers – and unthinkable danger

www.theguardian.com

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Britain’s illegal e-bike boom: desperation, delivery drivers – and unthinkable danger

www.theguardian.com

_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksM to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days ago

E-bikes can legally travel at 15.5mph. But the fastest the police have seized was capable of 70mph. What will stop the rise of these souped-up and potentially fatal vehicles?

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unthinkable danger

This phrasing is so very telling of a moral panic.

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