Originally Posted by UniChris

It's definitely possible to misbehave with a pedal bike (or for that matter on foot) and those things are issues too.

The thread started with an observation about NYC, and while there are areas of the city where pedal bikes still outnumber e-motorcycles, there are also regions and hours where the e-motorcycles substantially outnumber pedal bikes.

They're also going at speeds that few pedal cyclists could or would sustain under those conditions, and for which the bike layout of bike lanes is not remotely designed. That increases all of the scare factor, the likelihood of a collision, and the amount of energy brought to one if it does occur.

People out walking or running on the greenways, and in some parts of town have a lot of interaction with pedal bikes. But going about your daily life in other parts of town, most of your interaction (and especially your negative experiences) are with e-motorcycles.