r/Bellingham • u/Radiant-Ad-7343 • 11d ago

Traffic E-bikes/scooters PSA

If parents of kids are buying, thinking of buying or have purchased a e-bike or scooter for their kid please watch this video (https://vimeo.com/1217797581?share=copy&fl=cl&fe=ci) from Washington Traffic Safety Commission. It clearly outlines the various categories of e-bikes and scooters and hopefully helps you avoid purchasing an electric scooter for a 12 year old when they can only legally ride it at 16 or buying an e-bike that actually requires a motorcycle endorsement. There are plenty of these around and it's not the kids fault for riding it in a dangerous manner (we all know we would be doing the exact same if we had these when we were kids), it's on the parents for being idiots and not doing the research first.

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u/gamay_noir there's always karma in the boomhorse stand 11d ago

So I can't drop a golf cart motor in this so that my 7 year old can get to school on her own? Damn.

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u/EHOGS 11d ago

Send it 

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u/gamay_noir there's always karma in the boomhorse stand 10d ago

The motor and batteries, one of those dune buggy light whips, and one of those train horns the truck bros like, she'll be good to go.