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Subject: Re: New York's Crackdown on Ebikes
Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 07:40:41 -0500
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On 5/26/2025 5:14 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:
> Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>> On Sun, 25 May 2025 21:36:00 -0400, Frank Krygowski
>> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>> New York Times article on police cracking down on ebike traffic
>>> violations. Let's see if this will get people past the paywall:
>>>
>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/nyregion/ebikes-scooters-cyclists-nyc.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KE8.voH2.AOcHv0jrnp79&smid=url-share
>>
>>
>> “This is a direct attack on immigrant workers,” Ms. Guallpa said. “The
>> intent is to criminalize workers and to create a situation where our
>> communities could be targets for deportation.”
>>
>> Typical NYT woke nonsense...
>>
>> --
>> C'est bon
>> Soloman
>>
> 
> I guess is the argument that it’s disproportionate? Sounds from the article
> (though could be incorrect) that traffic volitions are linked to the
> driving License more in the US?
> 
> In uk it’s not so all forms are broadly under same regulations, are clearly
> exemptions such as speed limits which where introduced for motor vehicles
> only.
> 
> Aka the law is limited rather than broad in scope.
> 
> Roger Merriman

No license requirement for electric bicycles, nor vehicle 
registration, no number plate, etc.  She is imagining a 
different problem from the one in the rest of the article.

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