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.

  • @mariusafaEnglish
    -3•3 months ago

    Overcontroll of citizens free will. A recurrent problem in northem europe. Because the goverment knows your safety and ethics better than yourself. And as some people view it:

    Because of that they have the right to force your actions into what works best with society. Because individuals don’t matter just collectives. Because enforcing is justified as long as it has an ethic basis, whatever it is.

    It sounds dystopian and it is. Societies of the penitence, societes with ideals more religious than real religions. Where suicide rates are high, and society happines also is.

          • @mariusafaEnglish
            1•3 months ago

            Then why you bring up united states? Did i ever mention them?

            • @GeneralVincent@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1•3 months ago

              Because you’re advocating for citizens free will over government control, a great concept. But America is an excellent example of a country that worships freedom like a religion but is also high in suicide rates and is falling apart due to unregulated capitalism and freedoms at the expense of common sense.

              And I’m American, we think everything is about us