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Also it's not even a choice. Busses are not mass produced vehicles they're regulated individually made commercial vehicles, and when the bus manufacturers say 'were not building manual transmissions as of X date', that's it. It's not happening anymore. Same with ABS, and now electric, unless you want to start manufacturing busses yourself, it's not gonna be a choice by then.

It's insane to ban e-bikes though since most of those come from reputable sources who are internationally recognized bike manufacturers. The people who made my electric bike also make professional bicycles for Olympians. Pretty sure the battery is reliable and isn't going to explode.

My bike has fallen into a swimming pool while switched on (don't ask) and nothing happened. Literally it didn't even register anything had happened it just carried it on.

I'm glad you're enjoying these. I'll keep logging in to post greentexts until I forget.

I second this, it's nice to come here every few days and read through all the new posts. :)

That reminds me of something.

Also on a bus. There was a group of girls on the bus and they were having a big loud argument about whether or not one of the group would receive a text from her partner or friend or whatever because "how would the text know where they were, as the bus is moving".

Most of the buses where I am have a bike rack attached to the exterior, I’ve definitely taken that for granted.

Funnily, here in my City in Germany, they only banned E-Scooters because of the battery exploding thing but E-Bikes are okay

I was until now unaware that there were places where (non-folded) bikes were allowed on buses. On trams and trains sure, but buses have such limited space that I can't imagine a bike being transported in them.

Yeah and it is high quality and regularly inspected but if you bring random aliexpress chinesium scooter who knows what kinda shortcuts were used to get it under 300 dollars

You just need to stop telling yourself you can't do things and do whatever you want. A child could build a nuclear reactor, so what's stopping you?

https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2019/01/28/beifuss-file-memphis-youth-jackson-oswalt-builds-home-nuclear-fusion-reactor/1977266002/

I'm not gonna say bike batteries explode all the time but I will say I worked at an ebike company and they had an entire department dedicated to handling exploding battery lawsuits.

A laptop battery contains roughly the stored energy of a hand grenade, and if shorted it ... hey! You can't arrest me if I prove your rules inconsistent!

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ebike-fire-regulation-escooter-batteries-b2427782.html

It does happen. Not like the bus driver has time to check the battery has all its relevant safety certs.

I was looking up e-scooters and a bunch of 1-star reviews pointed out how their battery caught fire.

Could have been fake reviews by competitors but either way, it freaked me out.

If it's a cheap one, only charge it while home or somehow isolate it from flammables. Keep a fire extinguisher nearby always.

There is a clip circulating recently of a guy in China carrying his e-bike battery into the elevator. Than that thing explodes and the guy dies in a sea of flames. Yeah carrying a cheap high capacity li-ion pack into a enclosed space is not a good idea.

There's a video circulating few days ago of electric scooters on a truck delivery catching fire. The funny thing the fire happened right under an Ioniq 6 billboard.