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.
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.
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.