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Main times I've had near misses with pedestrians on an ebike (any kind) has been going up steepish inclines. Peds sort of look sideways and don't see a bike immediately there (or they see me further away) and assume no bike can be coming up the hill at more than walking pace, so leap out.... right as my front wheel munch's their ankle.
Had that exact scenario happen probably 20 times in 2 years, faster more powerful ebikes defo going to experience those kind of issues more.
I think the main reason is unfortunately the common nodder, put them in charge of a £300 budget hybrid and the main danger is to themselves, put them on a £2.5k+ well powered ebike, they are very likely going to cause some carnage*
*exact same person will have a BMW M car/Mercedes AMG and cause total carnage on the roads every day as well, when really they only have 1.0L ford fiesta driving abilities, but theres not much can do about that either!