PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Richard Robbins, Member of the Public, on Intro 606
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Richard Robbins testifies against Intro 606, arguing that license plates for e-bikes are not an effective solution to address safety concerns. He outlines several flaws in the proposed legislation, including enforcement challenges, privacy concerns, and cost issues.
- Robbins presents seven main arguments against the bill, including logical fallacies, enforcement difficulties, and potential creation of a problematic database.
- He suggests that the council should focus on regulating e-Citi Bikes instead, citing at least 8 fatalities in the past 2 years.
- Robbins recommends addressing dangers of e-Citi Bikes through visible IDs, reporting mechanisms, and speed regulation.
Richard Robbins
7:50:21
Thank you so much, council member Powers.
7:50:23
This is a very serious problem, but intro 606 is not a real solution.
7:50:27
While license plates sound simple and logical, they aren't.
7:50:30
This is a bill that's voting to do something even when it's obvious that it won't work.
7:50:33
Here are some basic flaws.
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Number 1, there's a logical fallacy.
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We're saying that if the police can't catch ebikes, they need license plates.
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But how are they gonna catch ebikes without license plates to, ticket them if they don't have plates?
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Number 2, we already have many laws as many people have said, prohibiting riding on the sidewalk, riding in the wrong way, and requiring commercial cyclists to have an ID number on their clothes and bikes, but none of these laws are enforced.
7:50:55
Is it the are the police gonna stop ebikes because they don't have license plates, especially when they're hard to catch?
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Are the police gonna do high speed chases to catch ebikes without plates?
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Number 3, license plates would require a creation of a database that includes, riders' names and home addresses.
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Do we really wanna create a database of deliveries in the current political environment?
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Would any undocumented people get a license placed if it involves giving their home address?
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4, are we gonna mail tickets to ebike owners who run red lights?
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What happens if they don't pay?
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We currently have a similar system that doesn't work for cars.
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There are 1,000 of cars with long list of violations and 1,000 of dollars in unpaid fines still driving on our streets.
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How will the police catch, ebikes when they can't even catch cars?
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5, many drivers obscure their plates so they can't be read or used or they use fake plates.
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Why would the police be more successful at policing ebikes than they are for cars?
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6, this will cost $20,000,000.
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If there are 50,000 people who get licenses, it would cost $400 per person.
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No one's gonna pay that much, which means taxpayers are gonna get stuck paying for this.
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7, clearly, Priscilla Loke's death is a tragedy.
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Eciti bikes are an incredible hazard.
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I found public reports of at least 8 other fatalities in the past 2 years from people riding, Citi Bike e bikes.
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If the council wants to protect New Yorkers from e bikes and honor Priscilla Loke's memory, it should address the dangers of city bikes, which is, clearly requiring, requiring clear visible IDs on ecity bikes, requiring a way to report, ecity bike riders, as it had been with Revel and speed regulating them.
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18 miles an hour is way
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Richard Robbins
7:52:25
We also have to go after the delivery companies like DoorDash
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
7:52:27
and Uber.
