In a city of 8 million+ people, the mayor gave a press conference which highlighted the crushing of…..tada…..96 bikes! (Forgive me, for I am not going to calculate that infinitesimal percentage!)
What is does show, and one which the referenced article below rightfully denotes, is that the city is being rather stupid on this issue.
Why weren’t these seized devices sold to folks or dealers in other jurisdictions that allow those wheeled conveyances?
Why are they still illegal to use in the city?
I will posit here that is is nothing but a racist decision aimed at the minority population in the city of New York.
Because I can bet that if the riders of these devices were White, the laws would be changed to either accommodate them, or no restrictions would have been enacted in the very first place.
Disbelieve me?
Okay.
Now tell me why electric/motorized bicycles are lawful.
And Oh, what demographic rides electric bicycles in New York again?
Referring story: https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkgy5v/six-years-of-dirt-bike-crushing-leaves-new-york-city-back-where-it-started
