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I ride a bike daily in Amsterdam, and almost everyone on an E-Bike is cruising at 20-25 km/h.

It's common to see people up that to 32 km/h (20 mph), which you can do by setting the limits to US ones instead of EU ones, and trivial on some bikes.

None of these people are wearing helmets, or close enough to nobody.

I only see people on E-Bikes that can legally reach speeds of 40-50 km/h or so wear helmets.

Those look like bicycles, but are legally classified as light motorcycles. They require license plates, helmets etc.

I think mandatory helmet laws are dumb, but let's not misrepresent Dutch cycling.



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