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carlosjobimyesterday at 10:21 PM3 repliesview on HN

Motorcycle cops can ride faster than any e-bike, and go anywhere a bicycle can.


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CorrectHorseBatyesterday at 10:43 PM

A car too, but you might kill the suspect [1]. Chasing kids on e-bikes down with motorcycles is asking for deathly accidents to happen.

[1] https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2025/06/03/12-year-old-boy-dies...

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Aurornisyesterday at 11:14 PM

As someone who has spent a lot of time riding both bicycles and motorized things, this is not true at all.

I could hop my bicycle over curbs that would bring a police motorcycle to a halt, or even toss a bike over a fence and then pick it up on the other side if I wanted. Or I could dip into the trees near the bike path where a police motorcycle has no chance of maneuvering.

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theshacklefordtoday at 4:25 AM

This is not even remotely true.