00:00The New South Wales Government, we are serious about getting these highly illegal and dangerous
00:06bikes off our streets. Now we know that e-bikes play a really important role in our transport
00:12ecosystem. What we are talking about here is getting the highly dangerous and illegal ones
00:18off our bikes. Now some of these bikes that have been seized can be going up to 63 kilometres because
00:25they have been modified. 63 kilometres. That is a highly dangerous bike in the hands of the wrong
00:31person. These things were never ever designed to be ridden on the road and particularly those that
00:38have been modified are even more dangerous. They don't have the suspension, they don't have the
00:43braking power that is needed for when they are travelling at these speeds. Recently we have seen
00:48a number of serious injuries and indeed there have been fatalities where people have been hit by these
00:53vehicles and during the operation a police officer suffered a serious injury to his leg. Requiring
00:59surgery, he remains in hospital. We wish him a speedy recovery but it also highlights how
01:05dangerous these devices can be. They can weigh up to 45 to 50 kilos by the time you add a
01:13human
01:13being to that object. You've got close to 100 kilos worth of mass travelling at speed.
01:24which one happens. But at the end of the time we think we are actually taking about all the
