The NSW government has announced a “crackdown” on illegally modified ebikes, with police to be given powers to seize and destroy any that exceed the legal speed limit.
The transport minister, John Graham, announced on Sunday that new seizure laws will be developed to allow police to seize any ebike that does not cut power assistance at 25km/h, with non-compliant bikes to be removed from the streets and crushed.
The laws will apply to all illegally modified bikes – even if the owner was unaware their ebike was noncompliant.
The government will also invest in a number of “dyno units” – portable speed-testing devices – to measure an ebike’s power outpu
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