I fell off my ebike and broke my collarbone. In the immense pain and fear I was in I went to emergency clinic that forwarded me to an ER. I received no care at this ER and only sat in a bed for 4 hours before they discharged me. I’ve been refreshing my claims page for my government subsidized insurance for abt a month waiting for the other foot to drop. I have to pay $620 dollars in copays I don’t have. How is the American healthcare system so broken? Also why would any doctor recommend going to an ER? I will also loose my benefits if my premium rates rise since Trump and Congress want to give tax breaks to the ultra wealthy. I knew the system would come for me eventually, there is no escape.

  • setVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.caEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    On that note, I’ve always been confused why it’s accepted and recommended to ride motorcycles with what are essentially full suits of armour, complete with CE pads and anti-abrasive materials, but for e-bikes? Nah, a thin foam helmet and some spandex will do, despite a lot of them being capable of similar speeds in similar conditions.

    • XM34@feddit.orgEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      I don’t know about other countries, but here in Germany E-Bikes are limited to 25 km/h. That’s pretty close to the slowest speed a motorbike can drive at.

      I believe you’re talking about racing bikes. Those fully manual and can reach high speeds depending on the driver. But when riding a racing bike, a reinforced leather jacket and trousers are pretty much a surefire way to overheat. I guess a point could be made for knee and ell ow protectors, but everything else is just incompatible with the body’s need to cool down.

      • setVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.caEnglish
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        1 hour ago

        In this market (Canada), you can get a fully automated e-bike that can either be easily tweaked to go far beyond 30 km/h, or is sold as “not for road use” and can hit sometimes upwards of 60 km/h, especially those e-scooters. I’ve seen a LOT of those scooters pass me on my gas moped while I was going max speed.

        But legally, yeah they can’t go above 30 km/h, but it’s not enforced and people don’t know any better.

        Fun fact: The slowest speed a motorbike can naturally run at is usually 8 km/h by dragging the clutch, anything slower requires using the brakes while giving gas and dragging the clutch.