The fat e-bike craze is taking over city streets – and cops aren’t happy
Unlicensed e-bikes are flooding the market and our footpaths, causing accidents and fires.
E-bikes’ on The Corso in Manly, northern Sydney, this week. Their power and speed is comparable to motorcycles, which can cost up to $1000 to register and $800 to become a licensed rider. Oscar Colman
E-bikes as fast and as powerful as motorcycles are now so common in Australian cities that everyone seems to have a horror story, at least of a near-miss. Chris Edwards, the government relations manager at Vision Australia, is no different.
“Food delivery riders, the speed they come down our street is supposed to be limited to 25km/h ... I was down at St Kilda the other day getting out of a car, one passed me at least at 50km/h which was pretty terrifying,” Edwards says.
