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You seem to be mixing up your unhappyness of e-cyclist riding on the sidewalks and oppinion about healthy benefits of a normal bicycle.
Aso for the second, consider that riding an e-bicycle is still healthier than not riding at all. (Especially at 45 mph = 70 kmph. The electric support is restricted up to 25 kmph. Are your shure about that 45 mph?)
You're right. Kids need to use their bodies.
I'm a hard core roadie that has been hit by 7 cars, 3 were bad, last 2 were at the same time and left me partially disabled where I have trouble with holding posture for extended amounts of time. Like sitting and/or standing for more than an hour are a major problem. I still ride, but not on the road. The benefit to road riders getting fast is that it takes a lot of effort to get fast and this means experience. None of my hits were my fault and most resulted in tickets for the offender.
I love that kids are on e-bikes. The dumbest ones will pay the blood taxes first and most will remove themselves from the equation. They pose a risk to me, but I'm all for them paying the blood tax instead of me. The infrastructure will get better funding and improved safety as lives are lost. Pretty much all the bicycle infrastructure that exists is paid for in blood. Don't hate the rider doing their best to stay safe. Hate the terrible infrastructure that pushes them onto these surfaces. Reject the acceptability of incompetent driving. Like make hitting a cyclist the same mandatory fine and loss of license as a DUI. It is just as preventable. No you can't make sudden turns without looking or pull out of that driveway hard when you can't see, or make sudden uturns like an incompetent fool and disable someone. These are the real changes required. It is bad infrastructure that was outdated a hundred years ago while many parts of the world are FAR FAR better than the USA, and a stupid driver culture where incompetency is called an accident and there are no real consequences. Making preventable mistakes while driving distracted should be critically life altering in consequences. Don't blame the symptoms, blame the cause.
Totally agree. Kids spent enough time sedentary these days. No reason they can’t use a kick scooter or bike to get around. I actually just bought an adult kick scooter to ride around with them. It’s a lot of fun.