: Witness to collision 'disturbed' by electric motorbike's speed
: A Vancouver woman who witnessed the collision Friday between
: an electric motorcycle and a cyclist during an international race
: to promote zero-emission vehicles said Sunday she was "disturbed"
: by how fast the motorcycle was travelling in a residential area.
: The collision happened just before 10 a.m. at Athletes Way and
: Manitoba Street, in front of the former Olympic Athletes' Village
: on southeast False Creek.
: Dawna Werbeski, 43, who lives in the neighbourhood, was out for
: a stroll with a friend when they saw crowds and TV crews at
: the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association event. So they decided
: to check it out.
: But Werbeski said they were shocked when a silent but very
: fast-moving electric motorcycle whizzed by them.
: "We thought, 'Holy crap they are going really fast down that
: residential street.' There were cars parked along the side.
: Someone could have walked out on the street and not heard
: that vehicle -- not like you would have heard a regular motorcycle,"
: she said.
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Witness+collision+disturbed+electric+motorbike+speed/3828436/story.html
I'm not certain whether the bike she saw was a MAC (motor assisted
cycle - 20 mph max) or an LSM (limited speed motorcycle - 40 mph max).
As defined in this province (of Canada) this is the difference:
http://www.earthqu.com/icbc-and-electric-bikes-or-motor-assisted-cycles/
[--linked from WP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bicycle_laws ]
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> : Witness to collision 'disturbed' by electric motorbike's speed
>
> : A Vancouver woman who witnessed the collision Friday between
> : an electric motorcycle and a cyclist during an international race
> : to promote zero-emission vehicles said Sunday she was "disturbed"
> : by how fast the motorcycle was travelling in a residential area.
>
> : The collision happened just before 10 a.m. at Athletes Way and
> : Manitoba Street, in front of the former Olympic Athletes' Village
> : on southeast False Creek.
>
> : Dawna Werbeski, 43, who lives in the neighbourhood, was out for
> : a stroll with a friend when they saw crowds and TV crews at
> : the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association event. So they decided
> : to check it out.
>
> : But Werbeski said they were shocked when a silent but very
> : fast-moving electric motorcycle whizzed by them.
>
> : "We thought, 'Holy crap they are going really fast down that
> : residential street.' There were cars parked along the side.
> : Someone could have walked out on the street and not heard
> : that vehicle -- not like you would have heard a regular motorcycle,"
> : she said.
>
>
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Witness+collision+disturbed+electric+motorbike+speed/3828436/story.html
>
> I'm not certain whether the bike she saw was a MAC (motor assisted
> cycle - 20 mph max) or an LSM (limited speed motorcycle - 40 mph max).
>
> As defined in this province (of Canada) this is the difference:
> http://www.earthqu.com/icbc-and-electric-bikes-or-motor-assisted-cycles/
>
> [--linked from WP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bicycle_laws ]
Did you look at the link? Did you look at the pictures? Did you google
any of the names that were painted all over it? Obviously not. Try it
and you'll find the answer to your question.
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> : Witness to collision 'disturbed' by electric motorbike's speed
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> : A Vancouver woman who witnessed the collision Friday between
> : an electric motorcycle and a cyclist during an international race
> : to promote zero-emission vehicles said Sunday she was "disturbed"
> : by how fast the motorcycle was travelling in a residential area.
>
> : The collision happened just before 10 a.m. at Athletes Way and
> : Manitoba Street, in front of the former Olympic Athletes' Village
> : on southeast False Creek.
>
> : Dawna Werbeski, 43, who lives in the neighbourhood, was out for
> : a stroll with a friend when they saw crowds and TV crews at
> : the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association event. So they decided
> : to check it out.
>
> : But Werbeski said they were shocked when a silent but very
> : fast-moving electric motorcycle whizzed by them.
>
> : "We thought, 'Holy crap they are going really fast down that
> : residential street.' There were cars parked along the side.
> : Someone could have walked out on the street and not heard
> : that vehicle -- not like you would have heard a regular motorcycle,"
> : she said.
>
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