As road deaths increase and cycle lanes overflow with e-bikes, the Netherlands is considering a cycling speed limit of 12mph (20km/h).
The government has started a two-week trial in Houten, near Utrecht, to gauge whether freedom-loving Dutch cyclists are willing to slow down – and whether they have any idea how fast they are going in the first place.
Ebikes are capped at 25, going faster only happens downhill.
That limit can be removed. I believe that in some e-bikes you can just access a hidden mode and unlock it so it’s not even a software or hardware modification.
Sure, it’s not “legal”, but if the Dutch Government refuses to regulate e-bikes nobody is going to be periodically checking them after they’re sold to make sure they comply with rules like that.
The article doesn’t mention the limit applies only to e-bikes, I would assume it’s for everyone
Edit: or, if you meant that as an example of a sensible limit, yes that’s a sensible limit already
ebikes aren’t “capped” at 25, you can pedal them faster.
I do 60km to work on an ebike.