@orcrist@rusted yes, there should be some regulation, but flat illegal is pushing things in awkward directions.
The answers are probably pretty minimal, these are speeds that we are happy for cyclists to be doing with nothing more than a polysytrene hat, the sanity of the PPE that road cyclists use is a valid question.
Something like requiring better brakes, maybe dual independent front brakes, would probably be enough. Requiring head/tail/indicator lights would also be reasonable.
@Cethin@spacecomrade More aptly: "designing society so that the only affordable housing is far from jobs that we require people to have to deem them worthy of existing" is a choice.
There are many things we can change to fix this.
Further, there are many things that should be changed to fix this.
@ColeSloth@CubbyTustard I checked my movement history for the last few months. The furthest I went in a car in a day was 80k. If we look back over the entire year 160k is the furthest.
A small EV with 100k range would be a fine second car. A full sized sedan EV as the primary car with 200k range would be sufficient.
Any trip that is further than that should prefer to use rail for the bulk of the travel, hiring a car at the far end if needed (most holidays I've taken haven't needed a car)
@blindsight@biddy Battery opperated is plenty good for most situations too. Up to the point where a ride on is probably the right choice, but I presume battery ride ons are/will be a thing.
@mob@HeavyDogFeet Private lawns are an extreme luxury that shouldn't be needed. Also petrol mowers in a densely populated area are very anti social, and with the quality of electric options, why allow them?
@nifty@ajsadauskas That is a pretty good list. I'm not sure a tech store needs to be in that range. The tech shelf in a supermarket should be enough for immediate needs and big purchases are rare enough that travelling to them is acceptable.
Maybe it's that every 15m area needs one moderate sized speciality store. So the 10 common ones are all available within a few stops on the train line.
@SomeoneSomewhere so maybe something between 200W and 6kW would be nice