Candidates for manslaughter?
I unlocked the speed limiter on my ebike soon after I bought it. It was easy to find out how by reading the instruction manual - hold down some key combo on the display box and enter secret menu.
Did some testing on my rural road and got up to 45 MPH going downhill in its top gear. It felt very unsafe so I only tried that once.
No, I’m not doing that on sidewalks or around any people. Also I am licensed to drive a motorcycle on public roads.
It’s illegal to ride on sidewalks at all. No new law needed for that.
Is that part of the highway act?
It’s always been illegal where I’ve lived, rarely enforced, so I just thought it was municipal.
It’s municipal. Mississauga had riding on sidewalks. Not sure if that’s still the case.
They are an amazing technology. Slowly they will change transportation in cities. A 120 km/h and a 100 km range is a game changer.
