On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 3:00 AM, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/exclusive-police-crackdown-illegal-scooters-article-1.2279900 > EXCLUSIVE: Police begin crackdown on illegal scooters and electric bikes > BY Molly Crane-newman , Thomas Tracy July 3, 2015 > > “Technically they can’t be registered and they can’t be considered bicycles > because they are not solely powered by human power,” said a high-ranking > NYPD source. “It’s a problem that we get a lot of complaints about. We try > to confiscate them as soon as we see them.” Unbelievably stupid. If NY would stop creating problems where none exist, they would realize these e-bikes don't need to be registered. Because they're *bicycles*. From Wikipedia, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bicycle_laws "In conformance with legislation adopted by the U.S. Congress defining this category of electric-power bicycle (15 U.S.C. 2085(b)), CPSC rules stipulate that *low speed electric bicycles*[50] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bicycle_laws#cite_note-50> (to include two- and three-wheel vehicles) are exempt from classification as *motor vehicles* providing they have fully operable pedals, an electric motor of less than 750W (1 hp), and a top motor-powered speed of less than 20 miles per hour (32 km/h) when operated by a rider weighing 170 pounds.[51] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bicycle_laws#cite_note-51> An electric bike remaining within these specifications is subject to the CPSC consumer product regulations for a bicycle <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle>. Commercially manufactured e-bikes exceeding these power and speed limits are regulated by the federal DOT and NHTSA as motor vehicles, and must meet additional safety requirements." What NYPD is not saying is that non-powered bicyclists do just as many stupid and dangerous things as those with e-bikes. Enforce the laws for behavior, not the conveyance. Chris -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150711/bf250422/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
