Amsterdam testing system that can remotely slow e-bikes down

BOFH666@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world – 253 points –
Amsterdam testing system that can remotely slow e-bikes down
nltimes.nl

Alrighty,

So your system knows the exact situation and still is slowing down my bike, just at the moment I need to accelerate to avoid being overrun by that large truck heading into me.

How stupid are these folks? We've got rules, when people don't follow those rules, you fine them. Case closed.

No system to prevent a bike speeding, teach people to obey the law.

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I was driving a rental scooter last summer and the thing just suddenly stopped in the middle of traffic. It had randomly decided that I was on a sidewalk when I absolutely was not. It was both an embarrassing and a scary situation.

Dude, that sucks. I can picture the walk of shame. They really shouldn't do shit like that.

Should've just left it in the road and walked off lol. It's the company's problem now... Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

That's literally what people are already doing and that's why rental scooters are getting banned in many cities; they just leave them laying around where they shouldn't and it's a massive nuisance to everyone.