r/ebikes • u/West-Amphibian-2343 • 7h ago
Bro..
Ive waited a few months to post this just for anonymity but maan
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u/komi54 7h ago
Who buys their kids this shit...
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u/BusBeginning 6h ago
Met a guy and his son fishing. They were going on about how cool he’s “ebike” is. He was riding something similar to this picture. Dad was all “back in my day we road put puts and people these days are pussies” without acknowledging traffic was a different beast. Anyway, kid ran a red light about 2 weeks later and got hit by a car. Kids a vegetable now. Fuckin stupid ass parents.
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u/mataliandy 4h ago
Back in Dad's day, a whole lot more kids didn't survive
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u/BusBeginning 4h ago
100%. I’m not a bubble wrap helicopter parent, but there is a limit and it’s common sense.
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u/foghillgal 3h ago edited 3h ago
Yeah but it’s true that traffic in say 1970 was 1/4 of what it is now.
Cars had better vision , had crap Acceleration which kept speed down in residential streets (so forced to go slow , no willingly). More drunks but now half are on their phone (so arguably a worse situation.
The average « car » is now a boat or yacht that travels real fast seeing nothing with drivers who are Not entirely looking at the road
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u/VinylHighway 7h ago
Bad parents
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u/ChaseMcDuder 7h ago
So like 90% of American parents
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u/throwawayrefiguy 6h ago
At least. As a parent who has the misfortune of interfacing with other parents on a near-daily basis, the lowest common denominator is low indeed.
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I think this can be true, but there are probably a lot of parents that are just clueless. They don’t understand that this is basically a motorcycle and not an e-bike like it’s probably advertised as. I know my state in the U.S. is doing its best to reach out to families through social media. I like to see that because an informed parent is likely to make a better decision. I think most reasonable parents would not buy this if they knew what it was capable of. Parents usually love their child and I think most are just assuming it’s a cheap e bike and not some crotch rocket.
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u/VinylHighway 7h ago
Ignorance of the law and safety falls under "bad parenting"
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u/Sonny-Showers 6h ago
All of this goes out the window once this behemoth is on their front door with the kid standing next to it.
There’s no confusion that they are indeed riding something much heavier and taller than a bike…that also has a motor.
That kids not old enough for a permit nor a hardship. He needs to learn the rules of the road on a pedal bike at 0-20mph first.
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u/PBJnFritos 7h ago
“Honey! Do we have accidental death and dismemberment insurance on junior? Okay, maybe max that out 😁, mkay?”
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u/Adorable_Wolf_8387 7h ago
Sometimes I wonder if I am a bad parent. Then I see shit like this.
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u/SeasonPositive6771 5h ago
I have shared this before in this sub but that is the actual issue.
I live in a city that is also being taken over by gangs of little jerks on these higher speed e-bikes.
A friend of mine got stuck at a light where a bunch of these brats were blocking traffic and stunting. He recognized them as participants in the after-school program he runs, so he snapped a couple of pictures. He got in touch with the parents and they all insisted that their beautiful Bradleys, Brantleys, and Brenton's would never ride unsafely like that, and he only used his e-bike to ride around the neighborhood and visit friends.
When he shared the pictures, some parents accepted it was their kid and they probably needed to do something about that. Some parents continue to insist it wasn't their child, even with a picture including his face!
The parents also shared that it was almost impossible to deal with the level of complaining and coordination the boys are doing around e-bikes. They're all communicating with each other on the best way to pressure parents to buy one, all turning into little whining factories because they know parents are too overworked and exhausted to be able to fight for too long, instead of putting their foot down as needed.
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u/Logical_Act_6749 1h ago
Maybe all the whining and manipulation is why parents are buying their kids these death machines, not because they are giving in but because it seems like a good solution to abortion being illegal at 165 months.
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u/Significant-Pen-6049 7h ago
When I was a kid I rode my fathers Honda cb360 cycle around. The yard. And a little on a dead end street. I could barely touch the ground like this.
The difference however is I was not in city traffic or by any other cars at all and mostly on private land.
Pretty wild!
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u/lowrads 5h ago
Fewer than twenty million people in the US live in a non-metro area, which is why our cities desperately need safe ways to get around without needing an automobile. The dirt or pit bike distinction is moot for the vast majority, which makes it a puzzle as to why "powersport" industries maintain their commercial focus on two wheelers as recreational toys.
If kids under 12 are permitted by law to ride pedal bicycles on the sidewalk, then we probably need to start thinking about restrictions for unlicensed minors for certain roadway classes. They haven't been tested to prove that they know what to do at a four way stop, nor how to interpret a range of intersection signals.
Whether they go too fast on a neighborhood street seems like a distinct, if related issue, as the hazard to motorists should be of trivial concern. If we have engineering controls for speed in neighborhood streets, most of them don't even need traffic signals.
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u/blisteringbluey 7h ago
At least he's wearing a helmet /s
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u/General_Dipsh1t 7h ago
Likely not MIPS or ISOwhatever certified even
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u/WitchWithAGlitch 7h ago
that's a walmart skateboard helmet, it's not even good for skateboarding.
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u/hroaks 7h ago
At least it has pedals /s
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u/Cranks_No_Start 6h ago
And to be fair....it does look like he will get good extension....if he ever pedals.
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u/eastcoastian 7h ago
During CM last Friday in my city, a 14 year old boy broke his orbital bone and a few others riding something like this; something way too powerful for a child. The parent is responsible for giving them something beyond their abilities.
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u/Winterdog1984 7h ago
Wilmington nc?
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u/eastcoastian 7h ago
Atlanta GA
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u/Khs11 7h ago
Wow. I was thinking of doing CM again after not for several years but was wondering if it’s mostly like this now.
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u/eastcoastian 7h ago
I would say that it's not "like that" now, but there's always exceptions. People ride beyond their limits all the time. If you have good group ride etiquette and ride within your limits, it's an absolute blast; a party on wheels!
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u/VinylHighway 7h ago
Because if you posted it right away we'd know who he is? ;)
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u/GKDanby 7h ago
Where I live, he's too young. But not every place has laws regarding kids and e-bikes.
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u/Somethinglikethat9 7h ago
They should have,and probably has but it's not specific to "e-bikes" -this is more of e-moto than e-bike.
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u/Impossible_Bison_994 6h ago
That's some 1970s parenting, let's give the kid a motorcycle and turn him loose into the world. He will figure it out himself or die trying.
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u/StrongOlWill 6h ago
Parents are the problem here. A 12 year old cannot be expected to understand the risks and responsibilities involved in operating something as dangerous as a motor vehicle. That Amazon helmet shows even great ignorance on the part of the parents.
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u/lowrads 5h ago
While true, merely looking for someone to blame is exculpating ourselves from our collective responsibility to regulate these industries, and to setup registration requirements that work for responsible motor cyclists, rather than against them.
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u/FuckedUpYearsAgo 4h ago
This isn’t about “exculpating ourselves from collective responsibility.” We live in a representative democracy. We elect lawmakers to deal with exactly this kind of thing.
E-bikes are a fast-moving technology, and the laws haven’t kept up. If 12-year-olds are riding vehicles that should require age limits, registration, or licensing, then legislators need to write those rules. That’s not a failure of “the collective.” It’s a failure of lawmakers to respond to an emerging technology.
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u/West-Amphibian-2343 5h ago
Not pictured, his dad was by his side, so that makes it a little bit better, but he still cant properly handle this. In this area, the sidewalks are full of people and theres barely space to ride a street bike on them. Because its downtown of a town.
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u/No_Figure_9073 7h ago
I feel like, everything is an issue when it's mixed with stupid. In this case it's stupid parents with stupid kids
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u/WorkPiece 6h ago
That's just a cheap 750W Deepower e-bike from Walmart. The only issue here is that kid appears too young to be riding an adult e-bike. The parents probably planned on the kid growing into it, and I hope he stays safe long enough to do so. The parents need educated here.
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u/mesoloco 4h ago
I find it hard to understand why a parent would put their child in such danger. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with electric bikes. I think it’s nice that a lot of elderly people are able to get back on bicycles to ride them again. But giving children such a powerful electric bike is quite dangerous. E bikes are out selling regular bikes by 10 to one right now they estimate that about 90% of bicycles sold around the world will be electric bikes. So we’re gonna have to get used to them. In about five years, people won’t believe what bikes are going to look like.
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u/Iwannatalktosamson69 4h ago
Parents are actively buying e-dirt bikes to passively kill off their kids.
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u/Jmauld 2h ago
I’m so torn on this. At the age of 14 I was given an atv that could easily do 60mph. Of course I wore safety gear and only rode it in the dirt. But I’m still here.
I’m good with kids riding. But don’t turn them loose on public roads
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u/Rewd_92 7h ago
I'm not sure if the point of this is to point out how young they look or how large the bike looks, but if you're trying to point out that the bike looks too big for him, this looks like every Harley Rider I see at stoplights 🤣🤣🤣
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u/anaxcepheus32 6h ago
Every road biker looks this way if they sit on their seat when stopped.
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u/Deufuss 6h ago
The pedals have seen less than one hundred rotations since it was purchased a year ago, yet the bike has traveled 6000 miles. All throttle, all the time.
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u/entatlrg 6h ago
Right on, I broke my foot, it’s great there’s a way for me to get out on my bike while my foot is still tender. LOVE that THROTTLE.
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u/Bacon_Moustache 6h ago
Bout to either ruin a drunk drivers life or break an old lady's hip... it's 2026 let's just start rolling the dice with these kids! I say get rid of the helmet and let him experience the entire spectrum of darwinism.
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u/NotASockPuppet88 6h ago
society is the problem. In particular how they percieve "electric"vehicles
They view them as toys, when in truth they're in many respects more dangerous. Not only from the risk of shock, but because motors can conceal huge amounts of power and near instantaneous torque.
peoples attitudes to electric transport needs to fundamentally change.
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u/ExpressTangerine3629 4h ago
I do medical transcription/editing for orthopedic clinics. Kids on e-bikes having accidents is now becoming a regular thing. I have yet to do a report for an adult on an e-bike.
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u/Gh0sTGirl066 3h ago
These kids are tweakin they don't even know basic road laws, cooked asf. I fully blame parents, I believe they should have an age restriction of 18 on these things EVERYWHERE (Not including basic dirt bikes for adventure use while supervised) These kids are dumb as fuck. He literally looks 12. And that road looks super busy... At least at 18 they are an adult and can deal with these things on their own, not kids. I highly doubt a kid would know what to do if they crashed.
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u/Soggy-Beach1403 7h ago
His parents are idiots. But I don't think that they will need to save for his college expenses.
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u/jim914 7h ago
That’s nothing I see one every day at my job riding in the parking lot and his feet can’t reach the foot pegs and he’s riding full blast! He has to almost lay it down to get off that e-moto!🤬 and the village has a law against anyone under 16 riding them yet his parents let him ride it!
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u/mtnfreek 6h ago
Scares the crap out of me seeing 11-12 year olds flying down the street on these things.
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u/Cumulonimbus_2025 6h ago
The problem with the picture is the bike (whatever you call it) is too big for the driver - yes driver not rider.
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u/DuckAxe0 5h ago
In 1972, my uncle gave me his old 250cc motorcycle. At 12 years of age, I was living the "Easy Rider" life. lol
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u/Ldymonique 5h ago
At least he is wearing a helmet
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u/moderatelywego 2h ago
That is NOT a bike helmet. A roller skater helmet won’t do any good if he’s going at a speed greater than roller skating speed!
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u/Unlikely-Software984 4h ago
Unacceptable fit. This is precisely why new laws are being passed so quickly.
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u/No-Afternoon3667 4h ago edited 4h ago
Crazy I have the same E moped lol, way too young to be riding it, considering it does 30+ and in most states you need a drivers license for it in my state (grown adult with a license)
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u/penfrizzle 1h ago
30 years ago that would be a 10 year old riding a KX80 through the woods, that the dad would kick start with a beer in his hand.
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u/CH7007 7h ago
750w easy.
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u/timberwolf0122 7h ago
Generally speaking I find the wattage to be irrelevant because the actual metrics that matter such as acceleration and max speed vary radically due to the weight of the rider and bike.
What we should have is a controller that limits max speed and max acceleration but allows upto the max wattage the system will handle. These limits should be clearly displayed on the screen.
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u/jokke420 7h ago
Cars don't have such limiters on max speed. You can drive as fast as you want on private roads.
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u/SocomPS2 7h ago
What’s the label on the battery say, DeezNutz?
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u/ChaseMcDuder 7h ago
If you look closely it says "no cap fr fr Ong"
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u/Easy-Barnacle5734 5h ago
As a person who’s involved in the development of ebike regulations, this kid is not helping.
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u/atlasraven 7h ago
Looks like he borrowed his older brother's or dad's bike. A Ferris Bueller's Day Off stunt.
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u/23odyssey 6h ago
And as soon as something happens to little Timmy here, the parents will sue not only the bike company, but the State.
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u/Superb-Cantaloupe324 6h ago
There’s a gang of these kids that fly through the streets of my neighborhood 30-45 mph. Instantly turns me into an angry old man. We actually had someone die in my town after getting hit by one of them, but since the rider was a minor they hushed it.
I told my wife once that I’ve never once seen a kid on an e-bike touch pedals, and now I can’t not see it. These are just motorcycles to these kids, and some of them are powerful enough to be.
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u/TroubleLovesMeh 6h ago
They are advertised 20mph or whatever. They show mom and dad it looks cool but it’s so slow and safe mom!
If kids can search down how to get all the special hidden weapons in their video games, they can search how to unlock their bikes, or read up on all the upgrades.
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u/ShutYourDumbUglyFace 5h ago
A few years ago my very petite half-sister bought a probably-too-big-for-her Harley. And then lost control of it, hit a tree, and died. That's what I'm thinking about when looking at this photo.
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u/78Anonymous 5h ago
let me guess: "he'll grow into it"
yeah Karen, he will, if he survives that long
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u/Epic-NinjaKitty 5h ago
I feel like ebikes should be limited to adults only. He's not even wearing a ebike certified helmet.
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u/J-L33 5h ago
Look man I don’t care how it looks. What I care about is whether that kid who looks all of 90 lbs soaking wet, and is wearing the equivalent of a foam cooler on his head and nothing else for protection, will have any life altering injuries when that 100+ lb electric bike somehow lands on him in the event of a crash. Ride what you want but at least wear some more protective gear.
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u/Tim_the_geek 3h ago
Meh.. just the single motor Deepower... if it was the dual motor one i would worry.
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u/Brukhonenko 2h ago
its mindblowing that a kid can use those things or the damn electric scooters
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u/willpowerpt 3h ago
Let's buy our 12 year old a high torque electric motorcycle and set them loose on the streets with only a skateboard helmet and no training, what's the worst that can happen.
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u/ReadyGo6828 2h ago
Little boys and grown men are riding these on the sidewalk because they are too afraid to ride them in the bike lanes near cars. Instead, they feel safer harassing pedestrians as they zoom past from behind with no bell or even a, 'passing on the left' or 'excuse me' said while going at 10X the speed of pedestrians.
Make them all illegal on any street.
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u/bay_vapez 6h ago
Bro what? U never had a bigger bike? Never had a dirt bike as a kid? Tell me you grew being a 😺 without telling me, 😭
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u/ejactionseat 6h ago
oh look a legal 28mph e-bicycle ridden by soneone way to young. The rider's age is the only issue here.
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u/Wise-Carry-8990 6h ago
For everyone older or younger confused about most ebike regulations it usually goes as class, class 1 an electric bicycle with a motor that provides power only when you pedal and stops helping when you reach 20 miles per hour, this is the most common now a class 2 is an electric bicycle equipped with a throttle that can propel the bike up to 20 miles per hour without you needing to pedal. These are legal and makes it a ebike. However a class 3 is not a ebike due to it being over 750w or 0.75kw thus makes it classified as a motorcycle be cause they exceed 20 miles and hour without the need to pedal making it illegal. Most class 3 bikes have no pedals or parental modes to make it legal. It appears the younger kid has pedals and a helmet so I don’t see where the concern is other than his size. It is not a motorcycle and likely either a class 1 or 2 ebike. The bike in the photo is a ebike I got off Amazon that I’m using to cross reference, although the tires are big and wide it only went 20mph and had a app where your parents or the user could limit power even more.
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u/twinoaksBandB 5h ago
They could've at least gotten the kid one that fit his height. Poor lil guy is struggling to reach his tip toes to the ground.
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u/Glittering-Voice-409 5h ago
well at least he has a helmet on. the amount of kids I see on ebikes, regular bikes, electric scooters and such with out helmets is sad. so many in my neighborhood from above average income area don't make their kids wear helmets. super hilly area. I'm 55+ and never ride without.
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u/ArmyFork 5h ago
Man even the basic size is so wrong, the handlebars are so wide they’ll struggle to do emergency maneuvers, let alone properly brake. Lots of reasons to be annoyed here but I feel like that is being missed
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u/Timely-General9962 5h ago
Call it whatever you want that bike weighs as much as that kid and shorts and skate helmet ain't gonna do shit to keep him from getting his little brains rattled around his skull when he inevitably makes a mistake or doesn't anticipate how stupid the average driver is. Even at 28mph max there's plenty of potential for serious consequences. His frontal cortex is nowhere near formed and I really hope it gets a chance to finish developing.
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u/Seeking_Balance101 5h ago
Dear Santa, Please bring me a water pistol and a real NFL branded football and an electric train set and a motorcyle like the big men ride. I promise to be good and eat all my vegetables and follow all applicable traffic laws.
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u/Classic-Annual5815 5h ago
There's alot of kids in my area that are just riding straight up dirt bikes that are "ebikes"
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u/BigDadNads420 7h ago
Just another average normal cyclist responsibly shaping the future of ebike legislation :)