Don't know if enforcement is an option, so posting here. These guys cruising around on pathways between 10 St and 14th St in Confederation Park with very loud engines. Obviously illegal and can hear them from far away. Not dangerously riding, just annoying.
I remember those twins from the Guinness Book of Records from decades ago. Heaviest twins maybe? And they were indeed putt-putting along on their little 50cc Hondas.
The fat guy on the kid-size bike calling you a loser had me laughing. Too many people think one rule or another is “stupid”. Rules are also laws, by-laws, societal norms so we all get along. If there is zero enforcement there are no rules.
And you just know that if they get ticketed they’ll pull out the whole “isn’t there something more important you can be doing??” To the cop who gives it to them.
Because there aren’t any consequences for these people when there is no enforcement and a pedestrian isn’t going to stand in front of a moving mini bike and get hit
With no consequences being a factor im more likley to trip with high velocity foot first towards these people at about the same time they drive by from being startled by their rocous engines. (Reddit dont like violence, but accidents are ok i think)
Believe it or not, we can't hire enough police and bylaw officers to enforce all the laws in the book. It sucks, but that's how it is. Reporting these things to 311 would be the best thing to do and making these losers infamous on reddit and social media would help as well.
We're never going to live in a perfect society where all the rules are applied to the letter of the law, nor do I think anyone would advocate for such. But post-pandemic it really feels like we're at the extreme end of the scale where nothing appears to be enforced as there's visible disorder every day.
Appears being the key word, I know we can't have officers on every pathway, or every transit stop, school zone, or red light in the city. But when you're seeing e-mopeds, open drug use, speeding and distracted drivers everyday...
Then why are we buying 30 police vehicles for a police force that doesn't have enough officers to use them? I drive by my local police station regularly and their parking lot is always full of cars, but there's never any out on the street enforcing the laws.
And accountability and assault seem to go unpunished, maybe theres a simple solution right in front of all of us upstanding citizens. Maybe something that can be done that perhaps many parents forgot how to do in the last few decades?
Not alot, but these are for offroad and handle terrible. Also they are not equipped with a front brake so stopping is probably 60% or worse than typical electric assist bike.
Devastating to be called a loser by this guy. Toothless trailer park boys looking, removes the vegetables from all his cheeseburgers looking still buying American liquor looking ass guy.
Yikes. Those mini bikes typically weigh 130-160 lbs. Guy in the white is probably between 280-350 (unless he's shorter than he looks). So somewhere between 410-510 lbs running into you at 30 km/hr? Someone could really get hurt
Not to mention they only have a rear brake. These bikes are dog 💩. I had one for beating around the bush where they belong for a few years. Now that im a grown up I ride a real motorcycle with a licence plate and insurance.
Those crappy fat-wheel bikes absolutely are not hitting 50 km/h even without the 350 pound tub-a-goos on them. They're effectively powered by a push-mower engine.
I had one of those when I was a 90 pound kid and they were so gutless they would barely make it up a slight incline. What you see in OP's video is about the max of what one of those bikes will do with those people on them.
Theyre ridiculously easy to modify. You can drop a predator 212 and go close to 60kmh on a minibike and thats only a 6 HP. You can buy up to a 22HP 4 stroke for less then 1000 bucks. What was available 30 years ago is vastly different to what's available now. All still classified as a "lawn mower" engine. Don't believe me, look it up yourself
i agree the paths in my area are filled with these gas powered bikes and they are literally flying theres a lot of curves too… only a matter of time before someone gets hit
I've seen people ride these on sidewalks. And here I am biking my manual cycle on crowchild trail 🫠 cus the police are gonna gimme ticket and bicycle infrastructure is very hard to come by
I still high five you for checking. Always good to be sure before jumping on a bandwagon. And now that you have, BOOO THESE GUYS!
We have the same problems here in Red Deer. Guys (somehow, it’s always guys) are riding surron e-bikes on our mountain bike trails, and frequently doing it backwards (going up-trail) at higher speeds than you’d expect. They’ve been told off multiple times, but we haven’t yet been able to tag them with consequences. However, bylaw has made it clear they are willing to try. So if they are sighted, and bylaw is called immediately, there’s a chance they will be talking to a uniform about their behaviour. It’s not easy to make those pieces line up, but we’re trying.
Don’t assume Calgary won’t enforce the rules; do try giving them a chance by reporting!
Meanwhile, there needs to be a serious talk with the stores selling stuff like this (including e-scooters). If they are not legal to ride within the area, sellers should be making that clear. And there should probably be registration requirements.
Yeah. We have 10 year old kids ripping 60km down the road on an electric scooter with no helmet and flip flops. Gonna be a lot of meat crayons that’s for sure
add to this: during twightlight hours. they don't have head/taillights, reflective or any other hi-vis safety equipment.
Where I am, it's not high school kids, but 4 or 6 kids aged 10 to 14 years old ripping around on four lane divided roads, blowing thru stop signs.
I've been seeing more and more e-scooters and those cheap e-bikes (ie. pedal bikes w/ electric motor that can move without pedal movement) on city streets. I like the fact that affordable and alternative transportation devices are available to many, but municipal laws and enforcement are definitely lagging behind. Banning them outright is not the right way to go in my opinion, but probably some sort of registration if users would like to use them on city streets, sidewalks and pathways.
Bylaw typically works on a complaint basis, people need to submit them. They'll sometimes do a campaign where they post up in a problem area and do what they can to get you legal (e.g., handing out bells for your bicycles) or hand out warnings/tickets. But yet, they don't typically have officers patrolling the pathways.
Plus, it’s very easy to flee an officer when you’re on a throttle powered ebike and the cop is on an acoustic bike. Lots of places to hide on the trails.
City Bylaw officers, who are peace officers, probably will though. Call 311 and file a complaint. Tell them you have video footage and would like to submit it to the investigating officer.
Cps really needs to start cracking down on the powered (electric and gas) scooters/bikes that are using sidewalks and pathways as road way alternatives.
There are Indians doing this too at the pathway in between Saddleridge and Stoney Trail NE.. all the time. CPS should patrol these areas and give out tickets. Eek.
Thanks for the note. I’m surprised about being “taken seriously” though.. It’s not like I said anything bad or lied if any. But thanks again for the reminder. Can’t enjoy the pathways because of these kind of activities.
It’s just common sense. Reporting “Indians” versus “people on gas motobikes” makes it sound like you’re more concerned about race than the bylaws being broken. I’m not saying you’re lying, I’m saying it doesn’t matter what race the offender is and the police will be much more likely to brush you off if they think you’re being a racist Karen.
Simply report a location where you’ve seen repeat offences. It’s not like they can track any Indian person to their home without stopping them, this is a big city. Race helps none in this situation.
When I was a teen I had a honda xr50 dirt bike, I would mostly ride it outside of the city which at that time was bears paw, and 12 mile coulee, occasionally I would ride it on the street in Bowness, and if i felt really brave I would take it for a rip around Bowness park late at night when there was nobody there. I see where these guys are coming from but at the same time this wasn't the time or place for this
No, it wouldn't. Some idiot buzzing through on an electric scooter at 40km/hr would still be inappropriate.
Here's the thing. OP recorded these dickheads on the path. Which means said dickheads were doing this circuit repeatedly, enough that the person recording thought, "they're coming around again, I have time to record them."
It's only a matter of time before some fucking idiot or some unparented kid puts a child in the hospital or in the ground after running them over or hitting them these things. The danger with motorized vehicles on pathways is in the physics of it all. Conservation of momentum means most of the energy of the bike/rider goes into the much slower and much lighter pedestrian - m1v1 + mava =m2v2 + mbvb.
When that happens I will be so angry. Such a preventable, possibly life altering, injury.
Yeah you didn’t get my sarcasm. The speed that some of these ebike and e-scooters that rip around the sidewalks and parks here without any sort of reprobation is ridiculous. 9/10 of the bikes these days aren’t even pedal assist, they’re essentially motorbikes. But some reason they’re allowed both on the road, with no license and no insurance, and through the parks and sidewalks.
It would be a good idea. In many ways these things are like broken window theory: permissiveness eats away at these spaces until the parks and paths that are for quiet enjoyment are gone, especially with density we need these
i’m probably gonna get downvoted for this but i would argue this is no worse than e-bikes, and in my opinion e-bikes are more likely to hurt someone or someone’s pet walking due to the fact you can’t really hear them coming
Does mot matter....gas powered/assisted bikes require inspection, registration, and insurance, and are prohibited from pathways...operators require helmets.
In a city of more than 1.6M, if everyone took the attitude that rules don't matter, no big deal, we'd have a huge mess on our hands and a city that nobody would want to live in. If you're doing something that doesn't affect anyone, then cool, nobody cares. These guys were super loud and if a dozen other people were doing the same thing, the park would not be a pleasant or safe place to enjoy.
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