{"id":173755,"date":"2025-08-13T11:33:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T09:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=173755"},"modified":"2025-08-13T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T09:45:00","slug":"hasselt-is-considering-banning-fatbikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/2025\/08\/13\/hasselt-is-considering-banning-fatbikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hasselt is considering banning fatbikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fatbikes <span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">may be very popular, especially among young people, but most cities are happy to see them gone. Some Dutch cities \u2013 Enschede<\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">, Hengelo, and Amsterdam, for instance \u2013 have even considered banning these cumbersome electric bikes, and now the Belgian town of Hasselt in Limburg is also considering a ban. <\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">But what exactly is the problem?<\/span><\/p><p>Fatbikes are a rapidly <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2024\/07\/17\/dutch-fatbikes-have-problems-getting-insured\/\">growing phenomenon in the Netherlands<\/a>, but unfortunately, the vehicles are frequently involved in accidents.\u00a0<span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">According to <\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">the Dutch knowledge center for injury prevention, <\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">veiligheid.nl, in October 2024, 96 fat bike victims ended up in the emergency room in one week, accounting for 7 percent of all 1,291 cycling victims that week.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Eighty-nine percent were drivers, 11 percent passengers.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"leaky_paywall_message_wrap\"><div id=\"leaky_paywall_message\">This content has been archived. <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/subscription\/\">Log in or Subscribe<\/a> to a level that has access to archived content.<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatbikes may be very popular, especially among young people, but most cities are happy to see them gone. 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Some Dutch cities \u2013 Enschede, Hengelo, and Amsterdam, for instance \u2013 have even considered banning these cumbersome electric bikes, and now the Belgian town of Hasselt in Limburg is also considering a ban. 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