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re: How is your city dealing with the scourge of e-bikes being driven by teenagers?

Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:18 pm to
Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
111767 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:18 pm to
Teenaga please!
Posted by gmrkr5
NC
Member since Jul 2009
15167 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:19 pm to
its bad here. right around the corner some kid blasted out into the road and tboned a car last week and hauled arse before the cops showed up lol
Posted by Chicken
Jackassistan
Member since Aug 2003
28309 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:21 pm to
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but we all know what the actual problem is. And there's no fixing it.
tell me what the problem is with all the white kids riding these things in my area
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
77478 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:22 pm to
They should be treated like motorcycles, license required, and it should be enforced.

ETA: Back in the Spring three kids were riding them on a busy two lane road at rush hour. One of them busted a u-turn out of nowhere without looking and almost got wiped out by a car that was trying to get around them.
This post was edited on 8/4/26 at 2:26 pm
Posted by theliontamer
Chicago
Member since Nov 2015
2770 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:23 pm to
You probably live in a safe for kids neighborhood, comes with the territory
Posted by Sterling Archer
Member since Aug 2012
8532 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:26 pm to
I almost hit a hit a kid on one a couple of months ago. They need to be reeled in
Posted by Philzilla2k
Member since Oct 2017
13435 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:27 pm to
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I know four e-bikers have been killed in New Orleans alone.

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What's the solution?

quote:

I know four e-bikers have been killed in New Orleans alone.
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
78647 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:28 pm to
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They should be treated like motorcycles, license required, and it should be enforced.
This.

License required, license plate and registration, and no using the engine on sidewalks.
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
17907 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:29 pm to
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I know four e-bikers have been killed in New Orleans alone.

Why do you know so many e-bikers?
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
18361 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:31 pm to
I ride mine to to grocery store when the weather is nice.
Posted by Relham10
Ridge
Member since Jan 2013
22265 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:32 pm to
Hasnt made one difference to my life honestly, but I dont live in a city. Country living for the win.
Posted by kjp811
Denver, CO
Member since Apr 2017
1187 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:34 pm to
They're cracking down on it up here. If they catch you on the street or side walks they'll stop you, give you a ticket, and make the parents come and pick up the kid and bike.
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
20414 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:34 pm to
Mostly bitching on BoomerBook
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
77478 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:37 pm to
We have a biker gang of them, suburban white kids from the surrounding neighborhoods, that descend on the Publix shopping center almost every day during the Summer. I expect to see them in vests with patches any day now.

I saw one getting scolded by what looked like his grandma for riding the parking lot like a little shithead.
This post was edited on 8/4/26 at 2:41 pm
Posted by meeple
Carcassonne
Member since May 2011
11691 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:38 pm to
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Police need to step up and enforce them.

Good luck. Police don’t do anything regarding traffic especially red light running.
Posted by Dixie2023
Member since Mar 2023
5948 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:45 pm to
I don’t notice them a lot but they shouldn’t be on the road. Anything that can’t keep with the posted speed needs the sidewalk. I’m also glad Mandeville has banned them from the trail since kids can’t behave themselves.
Posted by Figgy
CenCal
Member since May 2020
10829 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:46 pm to
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What's the solution?




Fresno, of course, frowns upon that solution. So what they’ve done in older parts of the city is to take traffic lanes and convert them into bike only lanes. Which just pisses everyone off that’s in a car because of the extra congestion that it creates just to cater to a minuscule number of people.
Posted by Eauxs Eaux Face
Member since Dec 2016
324 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:53 pm to
I consider it 25 points if stopped and 100 if moving
Posted by touchdownjeebus
Member since Sep 2010
27188 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:54 pm to
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I know four e-bikers have been killed in New Orleans alone.

What's the solution?


I Think you answered your own question.
This post was edited on 8/4/26 at 2:56 pm
Posted by TeddyPadillac
Member since Dec 2010
30959 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:55 pm to
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Parents held liable for child neglect and reckless endangerment or whatever similar charges for letting their little shitheads on those death traps.



OK loser.

So you just played tiddly winks in your driveway as a kid, never actually went out and did anything?

There's been bikes, dirt bikes, 4 wheelers, go karts, etc roaming neighborhoods all over america for decades. This isn't new.

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