[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I guess maybe you just didn't "research" the topic as thoroughly as you thought you did. I did a single google search just now:

"fast e-bikes" and came up with page after page of websites. Here's one at the top of the first page:

https://www.makeuseof.com/fastest-ebikes-for-sale/

The law requires that they get shipped with a limiter to 20mph in Florida. But you can disable the limiter, and some bike manufacturers will provide a method to disable it and give you printed instructions.

My concern is - a golf cart - in order to be legally considered a golf cart, with no registration, license, or insurance required, may not go in excess of 20 mph in Florida. If it goes between 20 and 25mph, it must be registered, you must have a drivers license to drive it, and it has to be insured. At that point it is called an LSV, no longer a golf cart. It is street legal.

An e-bike has no such restrictions. It has to be shipped to you with the limiter so it can't go over 20mph, but you can disable that and use the motor to propel you at speeds greater than 25mph - with no pedal assist necessary. It functions as an electric-powered moped. And yet - mopeds have to be registered, and you have to be licensed to drive one. E-bikes that are set to go faster (without pedal assist necessary) than 25 do not. In addition, the posted speed limit for most of The Villages is 20. Not 25, not 28. 20.

The posted speed limit for MMPs is 20. Not 25, not 28. No one should be driving or riding ANYTHING faster than 20mph on an MMP. The fact that so many e-bikes can, and do, with or without pedal assist, makes them incredibly dangerous.

I think that e-bikes should have some restrictions.

Where does the law say e-bikes must be limited to 20mph to be shipped/sold in Florida?

Where is any 20mph limit posted on the MMPs? (I have seen none)