Authorities seized about 10,000 illegal fatbikes last year, far more than in 2023
2 months ago

Authorities seized about 10,000 illegal fatbikes last year, far more than in 2023

NL Times  

The Dutch authorities seized around 10,500 illegal fat bikes last year, AD reports based on figures from the Public Prosecution Service. “Last year, the number was in the thousands.” The police cannot provide more exact figures, because fat bikes fall under the broad category of electric bicycles. Last year, the police and other services like the FIOD seized 10,500 fat bikes, OM spokesperson Jeroen Toet told the newspaper. Separately, the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate also seized 16,500 uninspected fat bikes from China last summer, mainly at the port of Rotterdam.

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38 bikes including high-end ones seized, racers booked in Visakhapatnam
1 month ago

38 bikes including high-end ones seized, racers booked in Visakhapatnam

The Hindu  

The city police have started cracking the whip on the errant bikers who have been creating inconvenience to the motorists and pedestrians with their rash driving for the past few weeks. In a special drive, the traffic police from Zone I have managed to catch 38 youths who were involved in such dangerous driving. Addressing a press conference at the …

Authorities admit they are struggling to enforce rules on fatbikes
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Authorities admit they are struggling to enforce rules on fatbikes

NL Times  

Authorities do not have much control when it comes to illegal fatbikes. Customs mainly checks whether the papers of shipments of fatbikes are in order, said team leader Richard Hagendoorn. The Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate is investigating whether fatbikes are actually “unapproved mopeds” which can go faster than 25 kilometers an hour and are not allowed on the road. …

Police confiscated 10,500 illegal fatbikes last year
2 months ago

Police confiscated 10,500 illegal fatbikes last year

Dutch News  

The police confiscated at least 10,500 fatbikes last year, which are now stored in 10 special locations, the public prosecution department said on Thursday. The number of fines handed out to the drivers of the wide-tyred e-bikes has also doubled over the past year, the department said. Since the end of 2023, the police have bought almost 250 mobile testing …

Unsafe fat bikes smuggled from China through Rotterdam port on large scale: report
4 months, 1 week ago

Unsafe fat bikes smuggled from China through Rotterdam port on large scale: report

NL Times  

Tens of thousands of unsafe fat bikes are being smuggled from China to Rotterdam and other European ports, AD reports based on its own research. The newspaper spoke to multiple sellers on Bol.com and Makrtplaats, among others, offering no-name fat bikes at prices as low as 599 euros. Legal manufacturers and e-bike experts are dismayed, warning that these Chinese fat …

Inspectors seize 3,500 cheap fatbikes imported from China
8 months, 1 week ago

Inspectors seize 3,500 cheap fatbikes imported from China

Dutch News  

Government inspectors have seized 3,500 fatbikes imported from China because they pose a risk to road safety and may not meet official standards for electric bicycles. The chunky two-wheelers with wide tyres were being sold as as electric bikes for “extremely low prices” but had the technical ability of a small moped, the inspectors said in a press statement. “And …

Inspectors seize 3,500 cheap fatbikes imported from China
8 months, 1 week ago

Inspectors seize 3,500 cheap fatbikes imported from China

Dutch News  

Government inspectors have seized 3,500 fatbikes imported from China because they pose a risk to road safety and may not meet official standards for electric bicycles. The chunky two-wheelers with wide tyres were being sold as as electric bikes for “extremely low prices” but had the technical ability of a small moped, the inspectors said in a press statement. “And …

100,000 bikes in Dutch council depots are never reclaimed
9 years, 3 months ago

100,000 bikes in Dutch council depots are never reclaimed

Dutch News  

Of the 161,000 bikes confiscated by officials in the Netherlands’ biggest 20 cities last year, over 100,000 were never picked up by their owners, the AD says on Tuesday. In Haarlemmermeer, for example, officials removed 462 wrongly parked or abandoned bikes and just six were collected, the AD says. The cycling association Fietsersbond said many people think their bikes have …

100,000 bikes in Dutch council depots are never reclaimed
9 years, 3 months ago

100,000 bikes in Dutch council depots are never reclaimed

Dutch News  

Of the 161,000 bikes confiscated by officials in the Netherlands’ biggest 20 cities last year, over 100,000 were never picked up by their owners, the AD says on Tuesday. In Haarlemmermeer, for example, officials removed 462 wrongly parked or abandoned bikes and just six were collected, the AD says. The cycling association Fietsersbond said many people think their bikes have …

Over 100,000 seized bikes went unclaimed in 2014
9 years, 4 months ago

Over 100,000 seized bikes went unclaimed in 2014

NL Times  

Last year some 161 thousand bicycles were seized in the 20 largest Dutch municipalities, because they were in the way, parked incorrectly or broken. However, more than 100 thousand of these seized bikes were never reclaimed, according to a study done by newspaper AD. Of the four largest cities in the Netherlands, Rotterdam comes first with unclaimed bikes. In Haarlemmermeer …

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