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”.

    • Alloi@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      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.