As Teens Take to E-Bikes, Parents Ask: Is This Freedom or Danger?

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As Teens Take to E-Bikes, Parents Ask: Is This Freedom or Danger?
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FWIW, I used to have an ebike that went up to 70, as an adult, that I used to commute to work and do shopping. New regulations came in restricting all new ebikes to 25 km/h, and now a shopping run takes an hour one-way.

How long did it take before?

I never actually timed it but I can work it out. Back of the hand maths says 25 is a third of 70, roughly, so the journey used to take a third of the time, twenty minutes.