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this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2024
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Once again, the city of Toronto votes to ban something extremely common that doesn't actually cause problems because of one case that they got hysterical about.
This city is honestly fucking dumb as fuck. Keep banning all e-scooters from our roads too guys, real effective policies you come up with.
Like Jesus Christ, how many people are seriously injured in car accidents every day in this city and we're still hand wringing about fucking bicycles?
Canada needs HEAVY regulation of imported, high watt-hour, batteries. It's easier to get a poorly manufactured lithium hand grenade than it is to get a properly protected battery.
Again, this is hysterical handwringing and over exaggeration.
No, it's really not. Poorly protected cells get charged too quickly, discharged too quickly and over-discharged which makes them much more likely to fail in a violent way. I have seen loads of off-brand tool batteries burn up in power tools because they do not have the, expensive, protection circuit that comes with a name brand battery.