[Porsche-O-Phile]

I agree - these things are dangerous because they enable people with no discipline or situational awareness (which you necessarily develop as a motorcycle rider through training and experience) to basically have the same abilities - even more actually since e-bikes can avail themselves of “gray areas” in the traffic laws that motorcyclists don’t get away with.

It’s the same reason I really do not ever want to see “flying cars”. I’ve gone through the rigor and training to get a pilot certificate from the FAA and so has (at the moment) anyone else using the National Airspace System (there are a few very limited exceptions but generally speaking that’s how it is). Given the skill (or lack thereof), discipline (or lack thereof) and respect for rules (or lack thereof) displayed by the average car driver, is it any wonder why I want these people nowhere near the NAS?

I do think e-bikes are going to be regulated soon. Government won’t pass up any opportunity to make money... er... “enhance safety”. Yeah, that’s it.