The ANP reports that. Madlener does not yet want to venture into rules for all electric bicycles. Although he writes that electric bicycles have become more often involved in accidents in recent years, he thinks it is too early to conclude that they are actually more dangerous.
‘Serious brain injury is daily fare’
In October last year, doctors raised the alarm about the growing number of young people with a serious brain injury after Fatbike accidents. During a national peat week, 96 people ended up at the Emergency Department, of which 42 in Noord-Holland. “I no longer want to see high school students on first aid”, “, said brain surgeon Maarten Bot of the Amsterdam UMC.
Sjoerd Bakker, doctor at the Emergency Department of the Spaarne Gasthuis in Haarlem, also expressed his concerns about the number of Fatbike accidents. “We still see teenagers with serious brain injury due to Fatbike accidents every day.”
Distinguishing would not be useful
The House of Representatives wants to make a legal distinction between Fatbikes and other electric bicycles, but Madlener mentioned that before ‘not useful’.
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management came up with a campaign last year that pointed people to the risks of executed Fatbikes. Madlener will give a follow -up to that. He also wants to talk to customs to see if illegal models can be banned.
NH took to the streets earlier to investigate whether Fatbikes are still popular among young people.