The legislation would update a 27-year-old state law to create three new classes of electric bikes based on the type of motor and how fast they can go.
When a rider on a rental e-scooter was killed by a driver in a pickup truck, who was found to be responsible for her death for failure to yield, you know what our city did?
Banned rental e-scooters from riding on that road, even though she was killed on a sidewalk when the driver failed to look both ways before coming out of a stop at a gas station. I should add that this road is one that leads to places of employment, several grocery stores, a community centre, a high school, and homes.
The area where she was killed has no cycling infrastructure, despite that road having been expanded from two to four lanes. Nothing was changed, other than banning e-scooters.
Vans keep killing kids! Time to… ban e-bikes?
This bill is completely brainless.
Obviously the solution is to ban children
When a rider on a rental e-scooter was killed by a driver in a pickup truck, who was found to be responsible for her death for failure to yield, you know what our city did?
Banned rental e-scooters from riding on that road, even though she was killed on a sidewalk when the driver failed to look both ways before coming out of a stop at a gas station. I should add that this road is one that leads to places of employment, several grocery stores, a community centre, a high school, and homes.
The area where she was killed has no cycling infrastructure, despite that road having been expanded from two to four lanes. Nothing was changed, other than banning e-scooters.
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But it was named in that kids honor, how could it be bad
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Bill isn’t that bad. Restricts kids from using stronger e-bikes.
It restricts them from using all e-bikes, even low speed ones which are not very dangerous.
Young people deserve transportation access too.