As powerful electric motorbikes such as those from brands like Sur Ron and Talaria become more popular, especially with teens,…

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    5 months ago

    Because then they can sell them online in a shady way with no licensing or registration required. There’s a lot of incentive to call them bicycles, which they most definitely are not

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      5 months ago

      they can sell them

      They can? Do you mean, it is legal?

      It would be called false advertising here, or maybe even fraud. Fraud as a business means 2 years jail, minimum.

      When the police simply takes away the vehicles, they are punishing the parents, maybe the grandparents, who will then have to pay the replacement vehicle for the spoiled brat. This does not change anything. It even helps the sellers who make additional revenue :-(