Increase in road deaths amid rise of e-bikes prompts Houten to test willingness of freedom-loving cyclists to slow down

As road deaths increase and cycle lanes overflow with e-bikes, the Netherlands is considering a cycling speed limit of 12mph (20km/h).

The government has started a two-week trial in Houten, near Utrecht, to gauge whether freedom-loving Dutch cyclists are willing to slow down – and whether they have any idea how fast they are going in the first place.

  • PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    11 days ago

    I think it should a) be little higher and b) only be enforced for bikes with any kind of electric capability. Analog bikes have perfectly reasonable natural limits.

    • lad@programming.devEnglish
      3·
      10 days ago

      A colleague of mine sometimes does 60 on downhill parts of a road on a road bike without electricity. They are still alive and well, but sometimes natural limits are not enough 😅