Why is Ontario placing additional safety equipment requirements on e-bikes? Why is meeting the federal definition alone not sufficient?
On October 3, 2006, the Province of Ontario began a pilot project to evaluate the use of power-assisted bicycles (also known as electric bikes or e-bikes) on roads and highways where conventional bicycles were allowed. The pilot was open to all Ontarians 16 years of age and older and ran for three years. During the pilot, electric bicycles were treated as bicycles and had to follow the same rules of the road as set out in the Highway Traffic Act that applied to cyclists, with two exceptions: • Operators had to be 16 years of age or older, and • All operators had to wear an approved bicycle helmet at all times. During its e-bike pilot evaluation, the province had requested, and received, feedback from various stakeholders including environmental groups, bicycling groups, e-bike retailers, manufacturers, importers, law enforcement, municipalities, safety advocates, and other ministries. The feedback had been, for the most part, encouraging and positive. Based on the results we were confi
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