There is also no ban on having a performance set yet. You just can’t use it. According to the manufacturers, this means that the police are powerless if the tool is disabled during the inspection.
Helmet requirement and minimum age?
Manufacturers are not enthusiastic about mandatory helmet use. According to the four parties, this will ensure that people are less likely to choose an electric bicycle and therefore travel more by car. And manufacturers are not keen on a minimum age of 16 either. “There are many people who use the e-bike in a normal way,” says Niels Willems, also owner of one of the brands. In this way, ‘the good would suffer because of the bad’. “Although it is strange that a six-year-old is also allowed to ride an e-bike.”
Own sake
When asked whether manufacturers have come up with these measures to ensure that their product does not have to disappear from the cycle path, Van Beusekom answers: “Of course we want the bicycles not to leave the road. We are market parties and we do this. We also do this in our own interest, but it is also a call for all parties to work together and have an impact for a safer cycle path.”