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Some worry that New York City’s crackdown on unsafe cyclists leaves them facing greater consequences than drivers, even though cars cause more fatalities.

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[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

They don't so much have a speed limit but they're required to stop giving you a boost at 25 km/h. Anything that uses a motor to go faster needs a license plate and everything.

At least in Germany bike lanes don't have a speed limit, you can drive as fast as you want as long as it's safe, you're in control, etc. Especially relevant when going downhill.

Sunday or leisurely drivers will go 10 to 25km/h, when you're fit, the road surface is good and the bike built for it sustaining 35km/h isn't much of an issue, fastest I ever went on my mountain bike with semi-slicks (so no racing transmission but no unnecessary friction losses either), on flat ground, was 38km/h. But that's pushing it for the sake of pushing it, my average top speed is just over 30. No lycra, no race bike.

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