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Ngaba ii-e-bikes zikhuselekile? Amagqwetha enzakalisa abucala anesisindo
USimon Cowell ubizwa ngokuba ngoyena unamandla kwaye uyimpoxo ukukhetha "kubuchule obufunyenweyo baseMelika," nangona kunjalo uqinisekisile ngendawo entle yokuba ngoononophelo abamphetheyo emva kokonakaliswa kwakhe ngelixa kuvavanywa ibhayisekile yombane kwinyanga ephelileyo.
UCowell wayevavanya imodeli yendlela eyomeleleyo yebhayisikile yombane xa wawayo. UCowell wathumela umyalezo kuTwitter esithi “Ndonakalise inxenye yam kwakhona” emva koko wathumela umyalezo ngoTwitter esithi “Enkosi kakhulu kubo bonke oogqirha nabongikazi.”
Ngenxa ye-COVID-19 indyikityha yokuthengisa kwe-e-bikes iyiphindaphinde le nto ihlala ifumaneka ngobukhulu obahlukeneyo kunye namandla ombane. Ukwabelana ngebhayisekile eToronto ngoku kunoncedo lokuhamba ngeebhayisikile njengenxalenye yomceli mngeni wokulinga.
UMichael Longfield kunye no-Cycle Toronto bakhankanye "i-E-bikes sele ijikeleze ixesha elithile ngoku, kodwa ngakumbi ngobhubhane abantu bafuna iindlela ezintsha zokujikeleza."
Ngelixa iibhayisikile ezihamba ngemoto zinokunika abakhweli ilifti yokubanceda ngelixa unyathela inyawo kunye nokukhetha ukuhamba kwindlela yoluntu, kukho imiba yokuba ii-e-bikes zinokuba yingozi ngokungathandabuzekiyo kubakhweli abatsha.
Njengoko ii-e-bikes ezongezelelekileyo zikhona kwizitrato zedolophu enkulu ukungqubana okungakumbi kuyenzeka kwaye ukusukela oko ilayisensi kunye nokugubungela i-inshurensi akufuneki nje ukuba kuphakamisa imiba evela kumagqwetha abucala.
"Ukuba unephutha kwaye ubetha omnye umntu okanye umnini webhayisekile ungamangalelwa buqu," utshilo uNainesh Kotak noMthetho woKonakaliswa kwaBucala eKotak okhankanyiweyo.
Iibhayisekile ze-E zivunyelwe e-Ontario, kodwa ke kufuneka ube neminyaka eli-16 uphelelwe lixesha ukuhamba enye, nxiba isigcina-ntloko abahlala bengahambi ngokukhawuleza kuneekhilomitha ezingama-32 ngeyure.
Kwi-newbie esebenzisa i-e-bhayisekile iikhilomitha ezingama-32 ngeyure iyakhawuleza kwaye kwimeko apho banokungqubana khona banokuzenzakalisa, abanye abakhwela ibhayisikile okanye abahamba ngeenyawo.
UKotak ukhankanye ukuba kukho ingozi ebalulekileyo yokhuselo kubantu abasebenzisa i-e-bikes, ngakumbi abakhweli abatsha abafuna ukuqeqeshwa emva kokuthenga enye.
UKotak ukholelwa kwelokuba ukunqongophala kwe-inshurensi ye-e-bikes kungakhokelela kwimicimbi.
“Kunokubakho imeko apho umntu otshayiswe yibhayisekile engenakuhlawulwa ngokuchanekileyo okanye umntu okwi-e-bhayisekile ngokwakhe unokufumana iingozi ezingekho mpilweni kwaye angaze akwazi ukusebenza okanye afumane imbuyekezo ngenxa iingozi zakhe, ”utshilo uKotak.
Ayizizo i-e-bikes nje, ii-e-scooter zikwindawo ephambili. Kwangoko kule nyanga imvumi uRhianna wayengumonakalo xa waqhwitha i-e-scooter eyenzakalisa ibunzi nobuso bakhe.