he said. “People, when they come in and I ask what happened, they say ‘I didn’t ride the bike that fast but I couldn’t stop it from hitting the pole.’ Or they hit a car.”
You squeeze the brakes with your hands; it’s not rocket surgery. Even the most bare-bones ebike will have brakes capable of braking hard enough to stop abruptly if needed.
This is less an issue of ebikes and more an issue that people don’t know how to ride a bicycle properly. People should not be getting on an ebike if they don’t even know the basic fundamentals of riding a bike.
‘I didn’t ride the bike that fast but I couldn’t stop it from hitting the pole.’
Target fixation with a side of panic inaction. Also, they could stop it from hitting the pole. They didn’t stop it from hitting the pole. Take some responsibility for your actions.
The only difference between park and neutral, as they both disengage the torque converter, is a small pin called a “parking pawl”. It’s basically not capable of stopping a vehicle. Your best bet is always the parking brake. I refuse to own a car without a physical one, they should be mandated as a safety item honestly.
I think there is this mistaken idea that if something is generally available, especially without licensing or other restrictions, then just anybody can operate/use it safely. These folks aren’t even wearing proper attire or PPE for operating these vehicles. But hey, they grew up drinking out of the water hose or whatever other nonsense they think makes them impervious to the laws of physics. Truly, we’re all sorry your parents didn’t love you and neglected you, now put a fucking helmet on.
You squeeze the brakes with your hands; it’s not rocket surgery. Even the most bare-bones ebike will have brakes capable of braking hard enough to stop abruptly if needed.
This is less an issue of ebikes and more an issue that people don’t know how to ride a bicycle properly. People should not be getting on an ebike if they don’t even know the basic fundamentals of riding a bike.
Target fixation with a side of panic inaction. Also, they could stop it from hitting the pole. They didn’t stop it from hitting the pole. Take some responsibility for your actions.
It has the same energy as “my accelerator got stuck and I couldn’t stop my car”. There are ways to stop the car, you just didn’t do any of them.
I’ll drop my whole transmission by slamming my car into park at 60mph before I just sit there and do nothing
laughs in manual
The only difference between park and neutral, as they both disengage the torque converter, is a small pin called a “parking pawl”. It’s basically not capable of stopping a vehicle. Your best bet is always the parking brake. I refuse to own a car without a physical one, they should be mandated as a safety item honestly.
I didn’t ride the bike that fast but i couldn’t stop it drom hitting the pole.
Sounds like someone who was going to fast would say.
I think there is this mistaken idea that if something is generally available, especially without licensing or other restrictions, then just anybody can operate/use it safely. These folks aren’t even wearing proper attire or PPE for operating these vehicles. But hey, they grew up drinking out of the water hose or whatever other nonsense they think makes them impervious to the laws of physics. Truly, we’re all sorry your parents didn’t love you and neglected you, now put a fucking helmet on.
It is more a problem with ebikes than with normal ones. Most of those people would not be nearly as fast on a normal bike than on an ebike.