Natural progression of the trend I'm seeing in the comments
Step 1: Peaceful citizen buys an ebike to make commute easier. (person is elderly, permanent injury, has steep climb daily, other reasons that are their own)
Step 2: Rider Wears helmet, slows on oncoming traffic, stops at lights, and is generally a perfectly fine rider like many bike riders
Step 3: Concerned mom-type notices faster bikes with engines in lane and complains
Step 4: Law passed, Rider is now doing something illegal
Step 5: Ticket/Jail/Confiscated bike despite no evidence or numbers that rider was a danger to himself or others any more than cyclists
This is literally every law that affects peaceful citizens.
Step 1: Peaceful citizen buys an ebike to make commute easier. (person is elderly, permanent injury, has steep climb daily, other reasons that are their own)
Step 2: Rider Wears helmet, slows on oncoming traffic, stops at lights, and is generally a perfectly fine rider like many bike riders
Step 3: Concerned mom-type notices faster bikes with engines in lane and complains
Step 4: Law passed, Rider is now doing something illegal
Step 5: Ticket/Jail/Confiscated bike despite no evidence or numbers that rider was a danger to himself or others any more than cyclists
This is literally every law that affects peaceful citizens.