Amsterdam is one of six European cities that will soon test a system that can remotely limit the speed of electric bicycles. Amsterdam’s traffic alderman, Melanie van der Horst, tested the system herself last week, NRC reports.

Alrighty,

So your system knows the exact situation and still is slowing down my bike, just at the moment I need to accelerate to avoid being overrun by that large truck heading into me.

How stupid are these folks? We’ve got rules, when people don’t follow those rules, you fine them. Case closed.

No system to prevent a bike speeding, teach people to obey the law.

  • @bartolomeo@suppo.fiEnglish
    13•9 months ago

    Headline 5 years from now, “Dutch hackers sit at outdoor cafes and boost bikers’ pedal control, causing havoc and lulz”.

    • @WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5•9 months ago

      In much of the EU, a terrorist org or nation state could cause tens of thousands of casualties using a system like this in a matter of minutes.

      All they’d have to do is accelerate every bike to top speed at one during peak time. Even if remote acceleration is impossible (or not yet exploited), you could still do a-lot of damage with threshold changes or sudden braking; any remote intervention is a safety and security risk.

      • BoscoBearEnglish
        1•9 months ago

        There are a lot easier ways to cause damage than this.