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The Year of the E-Bicycle
theodp writes "Electric bicycles have been around for more than a century, but they have never quite captured the imagination of auto-obsessed Americans. That may be about to change. At CES this month, Sanyo showed off its sleek, lightweight Eneloop Hybrid Bicycle. Priced at $2,300, the e-bike sports a black lithium-ion battery strapped to the frame beneath the seat. Press a button on the left handlebar, and a 250-watt motor kicks in, providing about twice as much power as your own pedaling. Some basic e-bike models, like the Ezip Trailz can be had for as low as $500. Both Trek and Schwinn began selling e-bikes last year, and Best Buy is offering e-bikes in three test markets: Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Portland, OR."
When these asshats throw bottles at you or try to smack you, can't you get their license plate number and have them arrested for battery? Doesn't Houston have a police force?
If they sideswipe you you may not be able to get their plat number, but a hit-and-run with injuries is a felony most other places, and they'll be liable for three times the medical bills for pain and suffering (again, in most places in the US, maybe not in Texas).
I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone would want to live in Texas. There must be SOME good to that state.
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Not everyone is a fatass; I have trouble keeping weight on. The point of bicycling isn't excersize, it's transportation. Riding an ebike instead of a car saves money and reduces your carbon footprint.
I walk to work when the weather permits, an ebike wouldn't help in my case. But If I worked farther away from home it would save money. I walk to the bar, too, an ebike wouldn't do any good there. You can get a DUI on a bicycle as easily as in a car.
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Laziness is not a virtue.
I'm convinced that excersize is bad for you! I see construction workers at the bar who do real WORK all day long, and guys ten years my junior look like they're ten years older than me. I like to walk, but if I walk too far my feet hurt the next day. If I'm forces into physical activity, my muscles hurt. I mean, come on -- pain is your body's way of telling you something's wrong. How can anything physically painful possibly be good for you?
I do as little physical excersize as I can get away with. I don't like pain.
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In Illinois they won't impound your car, but the fine for driving without insurance is a very steep one.
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I think that's the same everywhere; at least everywhere in the US. Cops here constantly break traffic laws, making me wonder what other laws they're breaking.
The city lost an expensive lawsuit here a couple of years ago when a police car hit (and killed the driver of) a car pulling out on 11th street; a 35 mph speed limit, the cop was doing close to 100 without lights or sirens.
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