• Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Mopeds have been similarly easy to de-limit for decades though and nobody has complained. You crimp an offshooting sidepipe on the exhaust and that’s that, proper jobs cut and weld it but crimping works just as well. 16 year olds in the UK are allowed to ride these things on everything except motorways and they go 40-45ish delimited depending on hills etc.

    This complaint isn’t safety it’s absolutely just about opposition to electric.

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        1 year ago

        Some of them are even more simple, like removing a washer from the gear assembly. Just unscrew the cover and take out a washer.

        I agree you wouldn’t want to share with them either, they’re the same speed as all regular traffic. The point is that it’s not about the safety because they’ve never given a shit about that, they’re petrol based. It’s about electric.