NSW police seize 36 illegal ebikes on northern beaches that are now destined for the crusher

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/12/nsw-police-seize-illegal-ebikes-northern-beaches-crushed

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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 11d

Yay lets create more toxic waste. Excellent plan.

saltesc@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 11d

One of the ebikes seized on Friday belonged to a 14-year-old boy from Warriewood. Police said it was capable of reaching speeds of more than 90km/h.

When I was that age, I was getting as low down on my bicycle as possible to reach 48kph down the steepest hill in the area. Now they can do double that with a press of a thumb...

Jealous; worried. Mostly jealous.

altphoto@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 10d (1 reply)

How about ship them to Cuba?

Marthirial@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 9d

This is so confusing. I don't know why they are destroying them when what we need is more bikes.

AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 7 pts · 11d (2 replies)

Tip: remove the batteries first, as those tend to explode

joelfromaus@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 10d (1 reply)

Or don’t and charge admission.

chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 10d

I've read they also release very toxic gasses, great business opportunity for a concession stand that upcharges for respirators

don_kiedyck@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 10d

Why are northern beaches destined for the crusher?

FireWire400@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 9d

What even is recycling, right?

geematic@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 10d

Crushing the bikes so wastefully reminds me of deodand in the middle ages, like when they tried and punished a statue for falling on someone.

“The bikes are evil and they too must be punished”

LemmyFeed@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 10d

Sure hope they remove the batteries before crushing them!

Archimedes@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 10d (2 replies)

If only all our problems could be solved with the crusher.

pHr34kY@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 10d

Crush the oligarchy?

No1@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 10d
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shirro@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 10d
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