03-03-2021, 06:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-03-2021, 06:23 PM by danbrotherston.)
(03-03-2021, 05:51 PM)tomh009 Wrote: De facto, yes, it is rarely enforced. And the same will probably be the case for the cargo e-bikes.
But, legally, it is not permitted. Again, the same as for cargo e-bikes.
No, it is not "rarely enforced" it is explicitly, publicly, and intentionally permitted according to bylaw enforcement. I.e., it's not that they rarely enforce, it's that their official policy is that they do not EVER enforce it. And don't think I'm making this up here, I have bylaw officers on record saying this.
To me, that is by definition permitted. I don't like it, but I haven't found anyone who will care about it. (This is a more philosophical question of what the law actually is, but there is a difference here between hint hint wink wink it's technically not allowed, but bylaw avoids ticketing, and the official and publicly stated policy being that it is not enforced).
Whether it will be or won't be for cargo e-bikes is certainly another question.
Here's where I see the difference:
If you call bylaw about a delivery vehicle parked in a bike lane, if bylaw has an officer respond while the vehicle is still there, even then, they will with 100% certainty not issue a ticket. Again, this is official, publicly stated, explicit policy.
While the antecdants in that sentence are equally unlikely for a cargo ebike parked in a bike lane or sidewalk, (i.e., it probably won't happen that bylaw responds) the subsequent clause (that even in that rare circumstance that they respond, a ticket will not be issue) I do not necessarily think will be true for e-cargo bikes.
Again, obviously hypothetical, it probably won't happen, but if the internet wasn't made for arguing hypotheticals, what is the point.