chopper_elec
100 W
Yeah very valid point, I think its more about there being more cars on the road than buses, it would all be scaled up accordingly i'd presume if there was more buses than cars on the road.
Its definitely a touchy subject though as we all have different abilities and skills, but the issue is that others that may not be able to control or make reasonable decisions will "legally" be able to ride at "New Legal Speed" and with "New Power Limit" in their hands.
That is the "unknown" that no one can really "gurantee" the safety. Personally they would receive more complaints overall from people disaproving afterwards than there is now fighting for it. For them its a no brainer to go with what "works" in Europe for the general public.
I know that cyclists already have a hard enough time defending their safe space on the road (which is why I don't ride on the roads), let alone the "New Riders" that will be pushing the limits and putting pressure on the slower riders/peddle power only cyclists to hurry up in the bike lanes/Left Lanes. From the people that i've met in life, I could gurantee a fair percentage would keep to less than 25km an hour riding as a comfortable speed even if they could go faster.
Its definitely a touchy subject though as we all have different abilities and skills, but the issue is that others that may not be able to control or make reasonable decisions will "legally" be able to ride at "New Legal Speed" and with "New Power Limit" in their hands.
That is the "unknown" that no one can really "gurantee" the safety. Personally they would receive more complaints overall from people disaproving afterwards than there is now fighting for it. For them its a no brainer to go with what "works" in Europe for the general public.
I know that cyclists already have a hard enough time defending their safe space on the road (which is why I don't ride on the roads), let alone the "New Riders" that will be pushing the limits and putting pressure on the slower riders/peddle power only cyclists to hurry up in the bike lanes/Left Lanes. From the people that i've met in life, I could gurantee a fair percentage would keep to less than 25km an hour riding as a comfortable speed even if they could go faster.