what's the consensus here on ebike riders? I get it for people that are injured or older, if that helps them get out there then I'm all for it. Kinda makes sense for those utility bikes I see where parents pile a couple of kids and groceries onto some weird hybrid extendo frame. But for normal healthy people?
I was recently driving through one of the small towns up here, turning onto a residential street that is a bike thoroughfare. I came to a complete stop, went to turn onto the street, then dude (guessing over 50) on a very new looking ebike blows through his stop sign doing about 20-25 mph, sees me coming halfway through the intersection and startles himself. I braked, so he didn't eat the car and no we're both headed in the same direction down the road. Dude then pulls out into the middle of the road and slows down a bit so that he can let me know who is in charge. As we approach the next stop sign I pull around him (we're going well under 20 mph at this point) and he starts screaming about how I need to stay 3 feet away from him, notices that my windows are open and tries to spit into the passenger window. I was more than 3 feet away so it didn't make it in the window and hit the back. Then he simultaneously blows through that stop sign while swearing a blue streak at me. Weird move for a guy with a pretty distinctive ebike in a small town. I think we're going to be great friends.