Coroner highlights e-motorbike issue

Coroner highlights e-motorbike issue

A Victorian coroner has drawn attention to the major regulatory failure which is threatening the future of e-bike transport in Australia.  Many of the so-called e-bikes in our bike lanes and along our shared paths are not e-bikes at all – by law they are electric motorcycles. The bikes have been modified to be more powerful and travel faster than the law permits, they are often controlled by hand-operated throttles and the riders don’t have to p…