e-1627 (Transportation)
Original language of petition: French
Petition to the Minister of Transport
- For a number of years now, limited-speed motorcycles powered by electric motors and equipped with a pedal and gear mechanism that bear the label of a power-assisted bicycle as defined in section 2 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1038) have been appearing on the market;
- These vehicles are in every respect akin to motorcycles and were not designed to be propelled by the user’s muscular power but rather solely by the electric motor;
- These vehicles are equipped with removable pedals that are practically unusable given their positioning and the length of the cranks;
- Their size, weight and ability to reach 32 km/h make these vehicles a real danger to the safety of other bicycle path users; and
- The term “power-assisted bicycle” should be reserved for vehicles that were designed to be propelled essentially by muscular power and to which an assistance system has been added.
- Open for signature
- May 8, 2018, at 11:31 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- September 5, 2018, at 11:31 a.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Angelo Iacono
(Alfred-Pellan)
September 19, 2018 (Petition No. 421-02605) - Government response tabled
- October 31, 2018