• atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Mopeds have been a thing for a long time and electric has been an option for a long time. Also bike delivery has been a thing in NYC for a long time. That they are not street legal doesn’t make sense to me. Unless for the same reason a Mustang is street legal but a Mach E is not.

    • AlexLost@lemmy.world
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      Electric vehicles like scooters and the like is what I meant. Mopeds and bikes should be following the rules of the road like any motor vehicle. I believe fully electric scooters are not street legal and can’t be insured. Bike couriers exist everywhere, and should be following the rules of the road too, but rarely do. Cars and their drivers are little better, but theres an entire arm of legislation that governs them where as none really exist for any other mode of travel?