drunk driving an electric bike

This is a bit strange. Srugim is reporting on a case in which a drunk driver had his driver's license suspended for 30 days. What is strange about that is that he was not driving a car but an electric bike.

The police explained that riding an electric bike is like driving any other motorized vehicle and all the relevant laws apply equally.

Does one need a license to drive an electric bike, like one needs a license to drive a car, bus or truck? If someone without a driver's license drives an electric bike while inebriated what does he lose? what does his driver's license have to do with an electric bike - maybe the bike should be confiscated, maybe he should be fined, maybe arrested.. but I do not see any connection between his driver's license and his riding an electric bike.

I commend the police for cracking down on unsafe peddling of electric bikes, but I don't see the connection between that and suspending his driver's license.

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