{"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\/nl\/2025\/08\/13\/hasselt-is-considering-banning-fatbikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hasselt overweegt een verbod op fatbikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fatbikes <span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">mogen dan erg populair zijn, vooral onder jongeren, maar de meeste steden zijn blij dat ze weg zijn. Enkele Nederlandse steden - Enschede<\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">, Hengelo en Amsterdam bijvoorbeeld - hebben zelfs overwogen om deze onhandige elektrische fietsen te verbieden en nu overweegt ook de Belgische stad Hasselt in Limburg een verbod. <\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Maar wat is precies het probleem?<\/span><\/p><p>Fatbikes zijn een snel <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/2024\/07\/17\/dutch-fatbikes-have-problems-getting-insured\/\">groeiend fenomeen in Nederland<\/a>, maar helaas zijn de voertuigen vaak betrokken bij ongevallen.\u00a0<span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Volgens <\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">het Nederlandse kenniscentrum voor letselpreventie, <\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">veiligheid.nl belandden in oktober 2024 in \u00e9\u00e9n week 96 fatbikeslachtoffers op de spoedeisende hulp, goed voor 7 procent van alle 1.291 fietsslachtoffers die week.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Negenentachtig procent was bestuurder, 11 procent passagier.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"leaky_paywall_message_wrap\"><div id=\"leaky_paywall_message\">Deze inhoud is gearchiveerd. <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/subscription\/\">Inloggen of abonneren<\/a> tot een niveau dat toegang heeft tot gearchiveerde inhoud.<\/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. But what exactly is the problem?Fatbikes are a rapidly growing phenomenon in the Netherlands, but unfortunately, the vehicles are frequently involved in accidents.\u00a0According to the Dutch knowledge center for injury prevention, veiligheid.nl, in October 2024, 96 fat bike victims ended up in the emergency room in one week, accounting&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/ebikes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">eBikes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/health\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Health<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/legislation\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Legislation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/mobility\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Mobility<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/road-safety\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Road safety<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/top-stories-today\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Top Stories Today<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Hilde Van Raemdonck","url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/author\/hilde-van-raemdonck\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hasselt is considering banning fatbikes - newmobility.news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/2025\/08\/13\/hasselt-is-considering-banning-fatbikes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_BE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hasselt is considering banning fatbikes - newmobility.news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fatbikes may be very popular, especially among young people, but most cities are happy to see them gone. 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