Doctor, how did we get here where we're suddenly debating again how to keep people safe around bikes?

Great, great, great question.

Um, It's a bit of a journey, so I can try to take you on it.

About five years ago, we saw the relaxation of import standards for e-bikes into the country, which has allowed a bunch of illegal type of unsafe electric motorcycles into Australia over the last several years.

But also at the same time, there has just been a massive growth in personal e-mobility device use.

We just finished some research at UQ, and we've seen that basically half of all the e-mobility devices that people own today were purchased in the last two to three years.

And over the course of the last five years, there's been a nearly 300 to 400% growth in the purchase of these devices.

And is it hard to put the genie back in the bottle now, given that these devices are already here? Are we going to need an illegal e-bike amnesty or buyback?

Doctor, how did we get here, where we're suddenly debating again how to keep people safe around bikes?

[laughs] Great, great, great question.

Um, it's, it's a bit of a journey, so I can try to take you on it.

About five years ago, uh, w- we saw the, the relaxation of import standards for, uh, for e-bikes in- into the country, which has allowed a bunch of illegal type of unsafe electric motorcycles, um, into Australia over the last several years.

But also at the same time, there has just been a massive growth, uh, in e- personal e-mobility device use.

We just finished some research at UQ, and we've seen that basically half of all the e-mobility devices that people own today were purchased in the last two to three years.

And over the course of the last five years, there's been a 400 per- four... well, nearly 300 to 400% growth in the purchase of these devices.

And is it hard to put the genie back in the bottle now, given that these devices are already here? Are we gonna need an illegal e-bike amnesty or buyback?

Doctor, how did we get here where we're suddenly debating again how to keep people safe around bikes?

Great, great, great question.

Um, It's a bit of a journey, so I can try to take you on it.

About five years ago, we saw the relaxation of import standards for e-bikes into the country, which has allowed a bunch of illegal type of unsafe electric motorcycles into Australia over the last several years.

But also at the same time, there has just been a massive growth in personal e-mobility device use.

We just finished some research at UQ, and we've seen that basically half of all the e-mobility devices that people own today were purchased in the last two to three years.

And over the course of the last five years, there's been a nearly 300 to 400% growth in the purchase of these devices.

And is it hard to put the genie back in the bottle now, given that these devices are already here? Are we going to need an illegal e-bike amnesty or buyback?

Doctor, how did we get here where we're suddenly debating again how to keep people safe around bikes?

[laughs] Great, great, great question.

Um, it's, it's a bit of a journey, so I can try to take you on it.

About five years ago, uh, w- we saw the, the relaxation of import standards for, uh, for e-bikes in- into the country, which has allowed a bunch of illegal type of unsafe electric motorcycles, um, into Australia over the last several years.

But also at the same time, there's just been a massive growth, uh, in e- personal e-mobility device use.

We just finished some research at UQ, and we've seen that basically half of all the e-mobility devices that people own today were purchased in the last two to three years.

And over the course of the last five years, there's been a 400 per- four... well, nearly 300 to 400% growth in the purchase of these devices.

And is it hard to put the genie back in the bottle now, given that these devices are already here? Are we gonna need an illegal e-bike amnesty or buyback?

Doctor, how did we get here where we're suddenly debating again how to keep people safe around bikes?

Great, great, great question.

Um, It's a bit of a journey, so I can try to take you on it.

About five years ago, we saw the relaxation of import standards for e-bikes into the country, which has allowed a bunch of illegal type of unsafe electric motorcycles into Australia over the last several years.

But also at the same time, there has just been a massive growth in personal e-mobility device use.

We just finished some research at UQ, and we've seen that basically half of all the e-mobility devices that people own today were purchased in the last two to three years.

And over the course of the last five years, there's been a nearly 300 to 400% growth in the purchase of these devices.

And is it hard to put the genie back in the bottle now, given that these devices are already here? Are we going to need an illegal e-bike amnesty or buyback?

Doctor, how did we get here where we're suddenly debating again how to keep people safe around bikes?

Great, great, great question.

Um, It's a bit of a journey, so I can try to take you on it.

About five years ago, we saw the relaxation of import standards for e-bikes into the country, which has allowed a bunch of illegal type of unsafe electric motorcycles into Australia over the last several years.

But also at the same time, there has just been a massive growth in personal e-mobility device use.

We just finished some research at UQ, and we've seen that basically half of all the e-mobility devices that people own today were purchased in the last two to three years.

And over the course of the last five years, there's been a nearly 300 to 400% growth in the purchase of these devices.

And is it hard to put the genie back in the bottle now, given that these devices are already here? Are we going to need an illegal e-bike amnesty or buyback?

Doctor, how did we get here where we're suddenly debating again how to keep people safe around bikes?

[laughs] Great, great, great question.

Um, it's, it's a bit of a journey, so I can try to take you on it.

About five years ago, uh, w-we saw the, the relaxation of import standards for, uh, for e-bikes in, into the country, which has allowed a bunch of illegal type of unsafe electric motorcycles, um, into Australia over the last several years.

But also at the same time, there has just been a massive growth, uh, in e- personal e-mobility device use.

We just finished some research at UQ, and we've seen that basically half of all the e-mobility devices that people own today were purchased in the last two to three years.

And over the course of the last five years, there's been a 400 per- four... nearly 300 to 400% growth in the purchase of these devices.

And is it hard to put the genie back in the bottle now, given that these devices are already here? Are we gonna need an illegal e-bike amnesty or buyback?

Doctor, how did we get here where we're suddenly debating again how to keep people safe around bikes?

Great, great, great question.

Um, It's a bit of a journey, so I can try to take you on it.

About five years ago, we saw the relaxation of import standards for e-bikes into the country, which has allowed a bunch of illegal type of unsafe electric motorcycles into Australia over the last several years.

But also at the same time, there has just been a massive growth in personal e-mobility device use.

We just finished some research at UQ, and we've seen that basically half of all the e-mobility devices that people own today were purchased in the last two to three years.

And over the course of the last five years, there's been a nearly 300 to 400% growth in the purchase of these devices.

And is it hard to put the genie back in the bottle now, given that these devices are already here? Are we going to need an illegal e-bike amnesty or buyback?

Doctor, how did we get here where we're suddenly debating again how to keep people safe around bikes?

[laughs] Great, great, great question.

Um, it's, it's a bit of a journey, so I can try to take you on it.

About five years ago, uh, w- we saw the, the relaxation of import standards for, uh, for e-bikes in- into the country, which has allowed a bunch of illegal type of unsafe electric motorcycles, um, into Australia over the last several years.

But also at the same time, there has just been a massive growth, uh, in e-, personal e-mobility device use.

We just finished some research at UQ, and we've seen that basically half of all the e-mobility devices that people own today were purchased in the last two to three years.

And over the course of the last five years, there's been a 400 per- four... well, nearly 300 to 400% growth in the purchase of these devices.

And is it hard to put the genie back in the bottle now, given that these devices are already here? Are we gonna need an illegal e-bike amnesty or buyback?

Doctor, how did we get here, where we're suddenly debating again how to keep people safe around bikes?

[laughs] Great, great, great question.

Um, it's, it's a bit of a journey, so I can try to take you on it.

About five years ago, uh, w- we saw the, the relaxation of import standards for, uh, for e-bikes in- into the country, which has allowed a bunch of illegal type of unsafe electric motorcycles, um, into Australia over the last several years.

But also at the same time, there has just been a massive growth, uh, in e- personal e-mobility device use.

We just finished some research at UQ, and we've seen that basically half of all the e-mobility devices that people own today were purchased in the last two to three years.

And over the course of the last five years, there's been a 400 per- four... well, nearly 300 to 400% growth in the purchase of these devices.

And is it hard to put the genie back in the bottle now, given that these devices are already here? Are we gonna need an illegal e-bike amnesty or buyback?

Doctor, how did we get here where we're suddenly debating again how to keep people safe around bikes?

[laughs] Great, great, great question.

Um, it's, it's a bit of a journey, so I can try to take you on it.

About five years ago, uh, w- we saw the, the relaxation of import standards for, uh, for e-bikes in- into the country, which has allowed a bunch of illegal type of unsafe electric motorcycles, um, into Australia over the last several years.

But also at the same time there's just been a massive growth, uh, in e- personal e-mobility device use.

We just finished some research at UQ, and we've seen that basically half of all the e-mobility devices that people own today were purchased in the last two to three years.

And over the course of the last five years there's been a 400 per- four... well, nearly 300 to 400% growth in the purchase of these devices.

And is it hard to put the genie back in the bottle now, given that these devices are already here? Are we gonna need an illegal e-bike amnesty or buyback?

Doctor, how did we get here where we're suddenly debating again how to keep people safe around bikes?

[laughs] Great, great, great question.

Um, it's, it's a bit of a journey, so I can try to take you on it.

About five years ago, uh, w- we saw the, the relaxation of import standards for, uh, for e-bikes in- into the country, which has allowed a bunch of illegal type of unsafe electric motorcycles, um, into Australia over the last several years.

But also at the same time there's just been a massive growth, uh, in e- personal e-mobility device use.

We just finished some research at UQ, and we've seen that basically half of all the e-mobility devices that people own today were purchased in the last two to three years.

And over the course of the last five years there's been a 400 per- four, nearly 300 to 400% growth in the purchase of these devices.

And is it hard to put the genie back in the bottle now, given that these devices are already here? Are we gonna need an illegal e-bike amnesty or buyback?

Doctor, how did we get here where we're suddenly debating again how to keep people safe around bikes?

Great, great, great question.

Um, It's a bit of a journey, so I can try to take you on it.

About five years ago, we saw the relaxation of import standards for e-bikes into the country, which has allowed a bunch of illegal type of unsafe electric motorcycles into Australia over the last several years.

But also at the same time, there has just been a massive growth in personal e-mobility device use.

We just finished some research at UQ, and we've seen that basically half of all the e-mobility devices that people own today were purchased in the last two to three years.

And over the course of the last five years, there's been a nearly 300 to 400% growth in the purchase of these devices.

And is it hard to put the genie back in the bottle now, given that these devices are already here? Are we going to need an illegal e-bike amnesty or buyback?

Doctor, how did we get here where we're suddenly debating again how to keep people safe around bikes?

Great, great, great question.

Um, It's a bit of a journey, so I can try to take you on it.

About five years ago, we saw the relaxation of import standards for e-bikes into the country, which has allowed a bunch of illegal type of unsafe electric motorcycles into Australia over the last several years.

But also at the same time, there has just been a massive growth in personal e-mobility device use.

We just finished some research at UQ, and we've seen that basically half of all the e-mobility devices that people own today were purchased in the last two to three years.

And over the course of the last five years, there's been a nearly 300 to 400% growth in the purchase of these devices.

And is it hard to put the genie back in the bottle now, given that these devices are already here? Are we going to need an illegal e-bike amnesty or buyback?