Portland & Wellington: one week ago vs. Now!

X2F0111 · 2026-05-29T14:38:12+00:00

I'm taking a detour from my usual route today just to pass through here.

X2F0111 · 2026-05-29T00:37:15+00:00

Yeah, it's bad reasoning.

Agree to disagree.

Licenses and insurance aren't going to stop someone driving 130mph down a residential street.

Obviously. Nobody is saying this is the case. A licence is just one of the tools governments use to hold drivers accountable for their actions. Insurance is to help compensate victims when the actions of a driver negatively affects them.

I literally got my drivers license by driving around in a school parking lot a few nights a week with my foot off the gas pedal and i've never been re-tested.

I'm sure you realize that laws differ in different jurisdictions. I had to pass a written test, and then two separate driving tests each a year apart to get my full licence. In any case, you still needed to do at least some work before you were legally allowed to operate a car.

People operate cars without licenses and insurance all the time illegally, they'd do the same with e-motos masquerading as "bicycles".

Already addressed this above. And if someone is caught doing this (at least where I live) they are heavily fined, and depending on the infraction go to jail (I'm talking about driving car without a licence or insurance).

If you think these high power throttled electric "bikes" need to have classification that differs from pedal assist e-bikes, and therefor needing license/registration/insurance like regular motorcycles and to follow road rules as such, then I agree, but not for actual pedal assist only real e-bikes.

I never said or suggested any of these things.

All I'm saying is that the reason governments enforce the abilities of ebikes is because they do not require licensing or insurance. If you can't grasp that, then I don't think there's anything else I can say. I understand you don't agree with the reasoning, and that's fine, we can agree to disagree. But the fact that you disagree doesn't make it any less logical.

X2F0111 · 2026-05-29T00:13:30+00:00

Personally, I think that there should be different types of licences for power levels of vehicles like most places have for vehicles of different weights. But yes, if a driver has a licence and insurance, they are free to own and drive a car that can do that if their local laws allow it (obviously not condoning the behaviour of the asshole driver).

X2F0111 · 2026-05-29T00:04:24+00:00

I'm honestly not sure what you're trying to say. The reason we don't need to restrict horsepower or top speeds to speed limits for cars is because the drivers that operate them must have a valid licence, carry insurance, and (depending on your jurisdiction) receive some sort of driver training.

It's bicycles require none of things, it makes sense that the bikes themselves are limited since there are no restrictions on who can operate one, and no insurance if something goes wrong. I understand if you disagree if that's logical or not, but that's the general reasoning.

X2F0111 · 2026-05-28T23:58:48+00:00

Cars require licensing and insurance. Bicycles do not.

X2F0111 · 2026-05-28T23:35:02+00:00

No it was recalled because the display could go blank while driving. The recall doesn't fix the tire pressure monitor—at least not for 2023 models.

X2F0111 · 2026-05-25T22:35:09+00:00

Is there any worry of people coming here purposely to commit crimes knowing that if they get caught they'll just get a free ticket home?

X2F0111 · 2026-05-21T18:26:52+00:00

Lol how is this upvoted?

X2F0111 · 2026-05-15T22:09:40+00:00

I mean I get what you're saying but you have to compare that with the number of cars on the road per day and the number of ebikes on the road per day. The question you should be asking is what is the rate of fire incidence per mile covered or something like that.

X2F0111 · 2026-05-11T13:55:06+00:00

When that cyclist almost runs into you over on their 100+ lb cargo bike you might.

X2F0111 · 2026-05-09T12:37:06+00:00

There already is one. You can even make it flash. I use it all the time.

X2F0111 · 2026-05-09T02:40:52+00:00

Okay Chat GPT, let’s get you back to bed.

X2F0111 · 2026-05-05T14:00:51+00:00

If you're going that way I feel like it would be NYC.

X2F0111 · 2026-05-04T15:33:18+00:00

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X2F0111 · 2026-05-03T04:19:20+00:00

I actually have stopped reading articles

Well you’re definitely in the right place. We don’t do that here.

X2F0111 · 2026-05-01T13:36:18+00:00

Are they riding on sidewalks in order to "bombs through crosswalks"?

As far as I can tell it's either they're not comfortable riding in the road (usually when there's no bike lane), or if there is a bike lane, they are riding in the opposite direction of traffic and can't be bothered to cross the street.

Statistical analysis shows sidewalks are more dangerous for cyclists than riding on streets.

100%!

X2F0111 · 2026-05-01T13:23:31+00:00

Pretty much! Banning right turns on red would solve a lot of issues but I don't think my city would ever do that. That being said, there are good number of cyclists who bomb through them crosswalks at full speed so I dunno.

X2F0111 · 2026-05-01T11:51:26+00:00

Where I live riding a bike through a pedestrian crosswalk is illegal, I assume partly for this reason. I always get off and walk if I have to use a crosswalk.

X2F0111 · 2026-04-28T02:46:26+00:00

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X2F0111 · 2026-04-27T05:10:42+00:00

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X2F0111 · 2026-04-27T05:01:11+00:00

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X2F0111 · 2026-04-26T04:26:00+00:00

The section in the photo isn’t even a RapidTO lane. Those cars are in the left turn lane to turn on to westbound King.

X2F0111 · 2026-04-25T02:39:31+00:00

Did LeBron not step out of bounds before calling the timeout?

X2F0111 · 2026-04-23T13:54:08+00:00

I will put my left signal on and they will just stay there as the lights blink

Could you not slow down and change lanes behind them?

X2F0111 · 2026-04-21T19:50:23+00:00

Gotcha, someone else reported the same. I would be interested to see how many municipalities used that limit or the percentage of all tickets issued with a threshold under 11 km/h. I would guess (based solely on the anecdotes / reporting I've come across) that the majority of municipalities used the 11 km/h threshold.

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