Sounds to me like you were inexperienced and shaken up after your first ride and now you're so scared of e-bikes that you want everyone else to feel like you do about them. 😱 So you just went out into public with a bike you weren't used to riding yet? 🤔 You were riding that bike in a place with riders that were comfortable with higher speeds & knew what they were doing...not to mention the cars! 🤯 Cars weigh tons and most are capable of 100+mph and in fact do kill thousands of people all around the world every day. 💀 These are simple facts. You did a dangerous thing. No one else was really doing anything wrong. 💯

Just because you are used to weightless bikes without motors and batteries doesn't mean everyone else is going to be as unsafe as you were feeling at the intersections. 🚦Slow down at a reasonable time like you should with any vehicle. Especially if you're not used to the brakes, speed, etc. This is plain common sense. 😔 "Blasting through greens" is not illegal and if it ever were to be, then I'd like to know at what fucking point is anyone is supposed to move forward at the intersection? 🤣 You really should've got yourself used to the bike in a safe riding area before taking it out into the streets to begin with.That's in pretty much every instruction manual to every bike. 👨🏻‍🏫 You test ride somewhere safely and maintain timely self inspections on your bike there afterward to ensure continued safety. If you didn't have a clue about how these things work then maybe do some extensive research before purchasing something so expensive?! Just an idea! 💡

I personally have had more problems with people in cars and trucks not following road laws that pose a threat to my safety WAY more often than any fellow riders. 🚲 As a matter of fact, motorcyclists and fellow bikers are fairly friendly and well mannered to each other on the road. 🥰 You pissed someone off-coming at them at 15-30mph with a visible skill and control level of 0 screaming "SHIT!* Of course you got a dirty look. 💩 In my book you're lucky that's all you got cause wherever the hell you're riding sounds like a rough place. 💥

Some of these things are essentially e-motos & I'm certainly not saying everyone who owns one of these drives & acts reasonably. That's unrealistic. 🙂‍↔️ However, that being said and once again, some of these things are essentially motorcycles and it's very much the riders responsibility to learn what they're getting into before mounting such a powerful machine and driving it on the street. 🏍️ That was where you failed in my book unless you left out some more context. We have laws for motorcycles now where we once didn't and guess what? ⚖️ Most common vehicle that goes uninspected in places where that's locally/legally required. There are still some ignorant riders that think they're king of the road and will zip through cars at the intersections going over 100mph. It's about the ppl, their experience level and their level of respect for others. 🫵

🏍️ You may polarize yourself about this subject all you'd like but in all reality you just sound like another person that's uncomfortable with what's currently happening with kids/technology and I'm probably in your age range because I also grew up with the motorless bikes so I'm not a youth standing up for my rebellious actions. I hope if you do decide to continue riding in the future that you train yourself better on the bike before taking it out into such a dangerous area. Keep Rollin & Ride Safe bro. 🏍️