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As road deaths increase and cycle lanes overflow with e-bikes, the Netherlands is considering a cycling speed limit of 12mph (20km/h).
The government has started a two-week trial in Houten, near Utrecht, to gauge whether freedom-loving Dutch cyclists are willing to slow down – and whether they have any idea how fast they are going in the first place.
All this because the government can’t be assed to properly categorize, license, and enforce emotos, yea? Good grief, we manage to do that for every other class of vehicle… Guess the Dutch suddenly forgot they could just do that.
The Netherlands has been governed by a Neoliberal Rightwing cohalition for 2 decades now.
They’re not the kind that will “get in the way of industry” for the common good, so obviously they’re not going to regulate e-bikes.
The Dutch have chosen their bed and now they’re getting to lie in it.