Yes, Neil [Dr Neil Meulman, letters, 25/2/26] you raise a good argument about the current dangers of these new electric vehicles.
I have ridden electric-assisted bicycles since about 2010. The important distinction is that an electric bike [e-bike] is not an electric motorbike. Electric motorbikes are illegal. It looks like a motorbike and not like a bicycle. When an electric motorbike rider overtakes me on a bike path when my speedo reads 25 km/h, I can estimate they are doing at least 10 km/h faster.
Legal or illegal doesn’t really matter – because there is little policing. It will help when NSW police get power-of-seizure legislation, as in Queensland. The trouble is the lack of police enforcing the laws.
And what about the parents who are buying these illegal bikes for their kids? I regularly fantasise about forming a vigilante mob to stop the illegal riders.
So Neil, come to Byron and join me!
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
