I can see restrictions coming.

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I live on a rail to trail bike trail. Every day I see more and more abuse of the trail by ebikes ridden by kids who just don't care about anyone else on the trail. The speed limit is15 mph and they fly by going full out and not pedaling at all. Straight throttle full blast. No warning when passing. Our trail is very heavily used by bikes, walkers, runners, dog walkers, etc you name it. Right now we can have class 2 bikes on the trail, no class 3 as far as I know. The road bikes fly along the trail too but they are quiet and not as obnoxious as the fat tire ebikes roaring along. I'm sure the county is going to get fed up with people complaining about ebikes and put more restrictions on them. This won't stop the kids though. I'm not sure what the solution is other than law enforcement actually patrolling regularly and fining the speeders. Good luck with that. I'm an old man, so Get Off My lawn!!
 
I'm not sure what the solution is other than law enforcement actually patrolling regularly and fining the speeders. Good luck with that.
but... enforcement of the existing laws is the only solution. Won't stop legislators from making new ones though (that require the same enforcement mechanism; which will be too expensive to implement).
 
We don't want any more restrictions, everyone weighs differently and there are steep hills in some places. For heavy riders, plus some hills, the 750W is too weak, so the current class 1/2/3 classification is pretty stupid . Why can there be many types of cars, just limit the speed and regulate the driving. More and more idiots on the road at very high speeds are just going to get themselves killed, which only makes the regulations stricter
 
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