Footloose, for e-bikes? The US town that banned all electric bicycles
Footloose, for e-bikes? The US town that banned all electric bicycles
As electric bicycles skyrocket in popularity and adoption rates soar, nearly everywhere in the US is seeing a higher number...
As electric bicycles skyrocket in popularity and adoption rates soar, nearly everywhere in the US is seeing a higher number...
Florida, I knew it!
Though it's actually not what I expected. It's a town known for being anti-car. There was just a fatal accident with a 12yo riding an e-bike.
A 12 year old on an ebike killed a 66 year old that was riding a bicycle at night without lights. Maybe set age limits? Is the solution too obvious? Traffic education and enforcement?
All the laws to prevent this tragedy already exist, except maybe limiting powered bicycles on public travel ways to licensed drivers/riders. Bicycles (powered or not) are vehicles and require appropriate lighting at night or when conditions otherwise would require it for a car. That 66 year old would have been exposed to much more safety education about bicycle helmets over the course of their life than that 12 year old. I have trouble feeling bad for the 66 year old when that kid is going to carry the weight of that death for the rest of their life. Everything about this situation is awful though so it's understandable that the town may have overcorrected based on emotion.
Lights at night. Wear a fucking helmet. Idiot.
"Police said there was no white light attached to the victim’s bicycle, and Andrews was not wearing a helmet. The report says there was a light attached to the e-bike, although the boy said he wasn’t sure if it was operating."
Lots of stupid to go around here. From the pic, the kid was on a Super 73.