didn't a celebrity spin out of control in a backyard and break his back at less than that? https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/aug/09/simon-cowell-b...
I think part of it may be familiarity perhaps, which I assume is higher in Euroworld.
That would not even remotely be classed as an electronic bike in the EU.
It is far too powerful for that.
His electric motorcycle had a top speed of 60 mph (97 km/h) and a motor power of 15 kW.
The legal limits for a pedelec cycle in the EU are a maximum assisted speed of 15.5 mph (25km/h) and a motor of no more than 250w.
The motor in Simon Cowell's electric motorcycle is 60 times as powerful as the legal limit in the EU
When I first read the story I had assumed the accident occurred at very slow speed or full stop and mashing the throttle - so the 60mph v 25 would not have been something I would consider..
but 15kW vs 250w - now this is something that makes sense in this scenario for sure!
glad to have learned to eye this metric for this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvXG4gQ2FWI&ab_channel=Digit...