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Luniio@lemmy.world to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 19 hours ago

‘Take them away, crush them’: Australia faces an ebike surge that some say poses a health emergency

www.theguardian.com

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‘Take them away, crush them’: Australia faces an ebike surge that some say poses a health emergency

www.theguardian.com

Luniio@lemmy.world to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 19 hours ago
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They offer independence, reduce emissions and congestion. But they are also endangering lives
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  • makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml
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    Kids. You can’t social media anymore. Go outside!

    Kids. You can’t go outside. Go back and hide in your rooms.

    Ffs

  • galoisghost@aussie.zone
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    Fuck me that article came across as a bunch of boring old farts yelling at those damn kids.

    • Sidyctism II.@discuss.tchncs.de
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      No kidding

      “You put the drugs into the community and now people have tasted it, and now you want to take it out,” Maruta says. “It’s too late.”

      they are talking about bikes here

      • ozeng@aus.social
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        @Sidyctism2 @galoisghost because they’ve already shown how well they can regulate nicotine

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          Wat

  • DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone
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    Why is the guardian conflating E motorbikes and normal legal ebikes? Overpowered ebikes are already illegal on roads. We either need to enforce it more or the commonwealth needs to ban them being imported.

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      Because one of these is a relative rarity and the other could be in your garage right now!!!

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    We need to invest in bike infrastructure.

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