SP wants all mopeds increase to 45 km/h

Posted on 08-10-2014 at 9:11 by CasperH – 71 Comments”

The SP is he-le-times done with the moped or scooter and wants, therefore, ehh, mopeds?

“Not this time,” said member of parliament of the SP Farshad Bashir, when it comes to the concept of “light mopeds” in the Netherlands. The mopeds can what the SP concerns can all be increased up to 45 kilometers per hour and will be provided with an advertising bike helmets. People who want to shoot without a helmet can be a electric bike buy, says Bashir.

It sounds very rigorous but there is a clear reason for the idea of the SP: the moped or scooter is usually already increased to above the legal limit of 25 miles per hour. In addition, a further 16% of all accidents in Amsterdam a moped or scooter is involved. This, while only 1% of the road users, a moped or scooter.

Earlier this year, promised minister of Infrastructure Melanie Schultz van Haegen all that Amsterdam has local advertising bike helmets for mopeds was allowed to enter. This allows the mopeds on the carriageway between the cars go on driving, something without a helmet is dangerous, according to many. This plan threatens in the water to fall because, inter alia, the SP and VVD are afraid that it is too much differences in results in our country. Thus, it is well possible that there is confusion about the rules.

And so, according to the SP all the scooters are just VERBOTEN, since they he-le-times be done with it. The people that really are not with a helmet on and in between the cars and other large vehicles want to drive there would be a subsidy. This grant would be the exchange of a moped or scooter on an electric bicycle affordable to make. To his argument force is also the environment to come. Scooters moped worry, according to Bashir for “huge air pollution”. The conversion to bromscooters helps than not really, according to our experts, but that aside.

The Foundation Scooterbelangen is in any case opposed to the plan to snorfietsers to the roadway to move. Last week, they have ten locations in Amsterdam with biodegradable paint the potential consequences of the plan to mopeds on the roadway to get on the ground is limed. On the plan of Bashir and the SP react positively.

“On the one hand we are happy that there is finally a party thinks with the interests of the snorfietsers, unfortunately, there are some wrong assumptions in the proposal of Bashir. So, it is strange that mr. Bashir states that the moped or scooter is ‘ an outdated vehicle,” since 70% of the annually sold scooters (about 60,000 pieces) a moped or scooter. In addition, it is certainly not true that all scooters are just can be performed to bromfietsspecificaties” said the spokesman of the Foundation Scooterbelangen. “The alternative “electric bicycle” is, however, no alternative: we know that there are now all bikes are 45 kilometres per hour with minor adjustments, the increase of electric bikes (the speed limit will not really help) so will simply become more popular among people who are without a helmet is like riding.”

Finally there is yet another problem, according to the Foundation Scooterbelangen: already of mopeds will soon be 45 miles per hour, then that is still not equal speed with the other traffic. There remains a difference in speed exist, and this must look like to the quantity really as safe as possible.

It seems to be a pretty soap to go, but what you will find if motorists actually of this matter? Personally hop I in two minds: on the one hand, I’d rather not that they are like moving chicanes on the roadway, on the other hand, it can sometimes be life-threatening if they are with a rotgang on the bike path overstrain. Also for motorists, incidentally, because everyone has experienced that such a souped-up snorbrommer much faster on a crossing cycle path comes riding than you had estimated.

Personally I get the feeling that there are a lot of sounds to be heard are the politics and the stakeholders (moustache-)brommerland while motorists will also be able to with the consequences. So make your voice heard: what is according to you the best solution for this problem?