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‘Take them away, crush them’: Australia faces an ebike surge that some say poses a health emergency

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‘Take them away, crush them’: Australia faces an ebike surge that some say poses a health emergency
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After the Sydney Harbour Bridge was swarmed by 40 or so ebikes and e-motorcycles on Wednesday, the Australian government said the country faced a “real emergency”.

“[Illegal ebikes] are a total menace on the road,” the health minister, Mark Butler, said on Friday.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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