The safety organisation VeiligheidNL estimates that 5,000 fatbike riders are treated in A&E [ i.e Accident & Emergency] departments each year, on the basis of a recent sample of hospitals. “And we also see that especially these young people aged from 12 to 15 have the most accidents,” said the spokesperson Tom de Beus.

Now Amsterdam’s head of transport, Melanie van der Horst, has said “unorthodox measures” are needed and has announced that she will ban these heavy electric bikes from city parks, starting in the Vondelpark. Like the city of Enschede, which is also drawing up a city centre ban, she is acting on a stream of requests “begging me to ban the fatbikes”.

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    its almost like race, regulations, and monopolies, have a history of being …correlated, or something?

    strange. did you know that?

    but its totally not like the media to give just one angle of seemingly simple situation, that couldnt POSSIBLY go any deeper, right?

    competitors and monopolies certainly dont like to influence politics whatsoever by fuelling fear and discent amongst the population. that would be just down right unethical, especially if they did so to regulate certain industries bit by bit to slowly change the economic landscape… but european countries are completely incapable of even the smallest forms of corruption in their politics. everyone knows that! doy! im so silly!

    they represent the common man, every time! certainly not the elite class. no, never!

    perhaps i should stop pouring over articles, and researching all these topics day after day, for hours on end.

    seems like a simple existence, compeletly devoid of critical thought or a thirst for knowledge over the worlds inner machinations. just coasting on headlines and trust in the government and the system itself.

    nothing negative can happen to our rights and freedoms by simply switching our brains off, can it?

    its not like thats why the world is the way that it is, no sir! no relation whatsoever!

    thanks, friend :D

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      Do you think that only minorities ride fat bikes? This has nothing to do with race or xenophobia or what the fuck else. It’s a direct reaction to an outlier of injuries related to that specific type of ebike, and the ban proposal is only in specific areas. This has nothing to do with race. To try and draw some bullshit correlation is fucking stupid.

      The world is certainly full of racist driven policies. This is not that, unless again, you think that only minorities ride fat bikes or a disproportionate amount of fat bike riders are minorities.

      Your whole argument is built on generalities that don’t apply to this situation involving public safety.

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            you can read, but you cant comprehend.

            wish i could win every argument by offering nothing of substance in return, like you.

            oh well, back to the mines.

            smooches

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              Clearly your dog shit view is in the minority. But you’re probably right. The rest of us can’t comprehend common sense, it’s not your senseless opinion.

              When you go out every day and you think everyone else is wrong, chances are it’s not everyone else.