PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Unknown Member of the Public on E-bike Regulation
4:01:23
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A long-time New York City resident testifies in support of Intro 606, citing personal experiences of feeling threatened by e-bikes and other e-vehicles. The speaker emphasizes the need for e-bike users to follow traffic rules and be held accountable for their actions.
- The resident has lived in NYC since the 1970s and feels more threatened now by e-vehicles than during the high crime era of the 1980s.
- The testimony highlights close calls with e-bikes on sidewalks, in pedestrian zones, and running lights at crosswalks.
- The speaker argues that e-bike users should be required to register their vehicles, have insurance, and follow traffic rules, similar to cars and trucks.
UNKNOWN
4:01:23
you.
4:01:25
I'm here as a long time resident of New York City to testify in support of intro 606 Because it is a common sense step to help protect New Yorkers from the risk posed by e bikes and other e vehicles.
4:01:42
I've lived in New York since the 19 seventies including through the high crime era of the 19 eighties.
4:01:49
I have never felt as threatened walking in New York as I do today because of e vehicles.
4:01:56
I've almost been hit more times than I can count in my neighborhood and elsewhere, including Central Park.
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Close calls include e bikes on sidewalks, in pedestrian zones, and e bikes running lights at crosswalks, including on bike lanes.
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The bike lane on Columbus Avenue was particularly risky when the dining sheds were up because e bikes there sped through lights from behind the sheds where they were very hard to spot.
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The growth of e bikes as a form of transportation requires acceptance of responsibility by those who use them.
4:02:36
They should follow traffic rules, but that is not true today.
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Instead, while cars and trucks are required to be registered, insured, operated by qualified drivers to follow traffic rules and stay on the scene after an accident, e bike e vehicles are not required to do any of those things.
4:02:58
Although they are motorized, heavy, fast, and potentially deadly.
4:03:04
Priscilla's law would help.
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Registration would encourage compliance with traffic laws and allow for objective non discriminatory camera enforcement.
4:03:17
Please take action.
4:03:18
I also support further study and infrastructure changes may be useful, but we need action now.
4:03:27
Thank you.
