LukefromDC on Nostr: Speaking of driver licensing crap, it looks like New Jersey residents are refusing in ...
Speaking of driver licensing crap, it looks like New Jersey residents are refusing in droves to ride with a license. Bike shops report purchase drops of 20-90% for e-bikes, with many customers saying they don't want an e-bike at all if a license is required. Others are ordering online legal or otherwise and riding without a license. Risk is limited in so doing to a (probably uncollectable) $50 fine and potential bike theft by the cops. Riding without a license unlike driving without a license does NOT appear to be arrestable, so this may prove unenforcible.
The registration stickers used BTW should not be hard to counterfeit and could keep cops from even trying to pull over a rider. They are not easy to read from a distance, meaning cops can't sit by the side of the road, run E-bike registration numbers, and attempt a probably futile chase when one comes up as a fake.
NO QUARTER for bike licensing!
#e-bike #licensing
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2026-08-21 22:19:33 UTCEvent JSON
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