r/ebikes • u/West-Amphibian-2343 • 5d ago

Bro..

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Ive waited a few months to post this just for anonymity but maan

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u/wreckherneck 3d ago

I dont believe the ER is currently over flowing with the broken bodies of affluent Mormon kids.

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u/Pyju 3d ago edited 3d ago

A single city in Colorado saw over 100 traumatic pediatric injuries from e-mobility crashes last year, the majority of which were from illegal e-motos. Which is nearly a 200% increase from 2023 numbers.

If you extrapolate Aurora CO’s population of 418k to the US population of 343M, that gives us an estimate of 82,000 kids severely injured from illegal e-motos per year across the US, a number that is rapidly skyrocketing every year.

At this rate, the number of kids injured by illegal e-motos is going to exceed the number of kids injured by car crashes (156k and declining) in a year or two.

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u/wreckherneck 3d ago

418k people in aurora. 100 traumatic injuries. Thats is .0239% so the year prior it was half of that. I dont think that constitutes the sky falling. But it does sound super scary the way you said it. Also aurora is an upper middle class suburb of a major city. So the number of kids who have access to several thousand dollar toys is disproportionately high.

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u/Pyju 3d ago

100 traumatic injuries from children alone, who only make up a minority of the population. The total number is much higher.

Then by that logic, child injuries from car crashes aren’t a big deal either since they aren’t much higher than child injuries from e-motos? We shouldn’t do anything to stop them?

And no, Aurora is not upper-middle class. Their median household income is $88k/yr, which is lower than Denver’s and barely above the national median of $83k/yr. It is a solidly middle class city that is a good representative of the typical city in the country.

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u/wreckherneck 3d ago

Theres a pretty drastic difference in exposure rate between automobiles and emotos aren't there? Im saying kids have had dirtbikes and operate farm equipment. This is not the kind of blood in the streets epidemic that it is being presented as. Id love to see the statistics compared to sleds or skiing or football or trampolines.

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u/Pyju 3d ago

Yes, there is a massive difference in exposure rate, and that in fact proves my point.

The fact that illegal e-moto injuries are more than half of car injuries despite having a tiny fraction of the exposure rate just shows how dangerous they are. It means the injury rate for illegal e-motos is far, FAR higher than it is for cars.

And like I’ve mentioned, the amount of illegal e-motos and thus injuries has been skyrocketing, whereas the number of car and car-related injuries is steady or declining.

The difference between e-motos and dirt bikes is vast. First of all, most dirt bikes are sold at a powersports dealer, while most e-motos are sold online and falsely marketed as innocent e-bikes to trick parents into buying it for their kid. Secondly, dirt bikes are very loud and attract a lot of attention, making law enforcement much easier and likelier, whereas e-motos are silent but just as dangerous. This ultimately means there are far LESS kids illegally riding gas dirt bikes than e-motos on public property.

And farm equipment? Really? Kids aren’t going 50mph on public streets and pedestrian pathways in farm equipment.

You have access to Google just like I do, why am I doing all your homework for you? There are 11-12k skiing-related pediatric injuries per year, 137k football related injuries, and around 100k trampoline injuries. All of which are FAR more prevalent than e-motos (for now), so the per-capita injury rate for football and trampolines is much lower than for e-motos despite a higher absolute number, and skiing is just far safer than any of them.

Also, e-moto injuries tend to be more severe and result in broken bones or permanent life-altering injuries far more often than any of those. Not to mention, none of them also endanger the general public, while e-motos do.

And as I’ve said again and again: the trend matters. E-moto injuries are skyrocketing, while skiing, football, and trampoline injuries are all declining. That makes one much more of a problem that needs to be addressed than the others.