Last September, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law SB-1271, which redefines and adds to several electric bicycle regulations in…

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      4 months ago

      Ok, then you want a moped. And that’s fine. But you need to understand why there are many people who want to preserve the distinction here for some very real reasons, largely involving how dangerous these vehicles have become in densly populated areas. Nobody is saying you can’t have a throttle driven moped. You just cannot also have all the privileges of a bicycle at the same time.