You have told that joke before by the way. LOL.You are correct, ebikes are the fastest growing form of electric vehicle, and industry experts believe that the only thing that can slow them down are car doors.
I love my ebike. There are dozens of super long paved bike trails in MI. More than dozens. And they are long. So long only a really in shape person could do them with a regular bike. Here we are 50 year old men going 60 miles in a day.
So we very rarely go on the roads where cars are. Occasionally we cross them but only a few cases where we have to get on the road and ride up a half mile. RARE. I hate riding on the roads. If it weren't for all the bike trails around here, I wouldn't love an Ebike that much. But it's a fucking blast. Getting to see a 30 mile trail and know we can ride to the end and back. A normal bike can't do it.
It's like my crossbow. It used to be "oh you're a pussy hunting with that thing" and today 90% of hunters use them not traditional bow and arrows.
One more thing. I purposely got a Ebike that you have to peddle. My buddies all have bikes with throttles. So I still have to peddle up hills and when it's windy. I just turn it up to power 3 and lower the gear to wherever I'm comfortable. I don't struggle up big hills. Don't want to. If I did I'd raise the gear and lower the power. So it's great for anyone. Hell, if you want turn it off and ride it normal. You wouldn't though. To keep up with my friends you have to at least keep it in power 2 and 7 gear. If you use 3 too much you will only get 40 miles (2 batteries). If you use 2 all day and the surface is flat and paved you can go 30 on each battery.
Whatever state you are in, check out rails to trails or just search bike trials in your state and see what pops up. It's like you can go anywhere!! So fun.