The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition weighed in with a pointed response, arguing that the state should be making it easier, not harder, to own and use e-bikes. Their senior organizer echoed the sentiment shared by many riders: the real confusion and danger comes from people not being able to tell the difference between a legal e-bike and an electric moped, not from the bikes themselves.
Brett Thurber, co-owner of a San Francisco e-bike shop, raised a practical industry concern about AB 1557. Restricting California’s speed limits below what manufacturers currently build for the U.S. market could push companies to skip California customers entirely, shrinking the supply available to local shops and consumers.
What an obnoxious comparison, I bike exactly because I would rather not kill or be killed with a car.
It’s an analogy. A basic literary tool to show you that your premise is flawed. I’m not literally calling you a murderer, I’m showing you how laws function as a basic concept for governing groups of people.