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I completely agree with all of this but I ride a cargo bike all day every day for work and increasing the limit would definitely make my job quicker and easier!
So I am not sure really what I want, possibly different limits for people who are using them for work and could be given proper training. But that's a bit of a can of worms to be honest and I am never really in favour of extra laws/bureaucracy when it comes to cycling.
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I completely agree with all of this but I ride a cargo bike all day every day for work and increasing the limit would definitely make my job quicker and easier!
Really? in London? I rode a leg-powered cargo bike around for work for 5 years, and only ever really felt under-powered with big loads, and I don't think I was that slow.
There aren't all that many scenarios in London where I'd feel comfortable travelling much faster than 25 kph for a prolonged period, on a big heavy bike: call me paranoid, but there's just too many black cabs ready to pull a u-turn with no warning, or tourists stepping off kerbs looking the wrong way.
Jon.
I agree. Even that limit is too high for some people. The main problem with electric bike safety is that many people have taken to electric bikes whose riding skills are not good enough for even that sort of speed, hence the huge rise in e-bike-related crashes in Europe. This has often affected people who had too little experience and also elderly people. It's fine if you're a rider who routinely goes at that sort of speed on non-e-bikes and knows how to control it, but if your own unassisted speed is significantly lower, you need to be very cautious about learning to go faster. The problem with e-scooters is very similar.