I live in Albany, NY. I commute on an eBike, in the road, with a helment and follow the traffic laws. My bike even has brake lights and turn signals. Now that school is out, I’m seeing kids and teens riding eBikes and eScooters without protective gear, out in the road not following traffic law at all. I’ve had a few near misses where I almost hit them on my eBike because they are running red lights. It pisses me off so much because they aren’t just endangering themselves, they are endangering me. A part of me wants regulation, but the other part of me knows that regulation is just going to increase the cost of using small, speed capped eVehicles. (Many of these scooters and bikes have motors where the top speed is 20-30 MPH.) I am not stopping to administer aide to anyone hurt riding an eVehicle that openly breaks traffic law.
I live in Albany, NY. I commute on an eBike, in the road, with a helment and follow the traffic laws. My bike even has brake lights and turn signals. Now that school is out, I’m seeing kids and teens riding eBikes and eScooters without protective gear, out in the road not following traffic law at all. I’ve had a few near misses where I almost hit them on my eBike because they are running red lights. It pisses me off so much because they aren’t just endangering themselves, they are endangering me. A part of me wants regulation, but the other part of me knows that regulation is just going to increase the cost of using small, speed capped eVehicles. (Many of these scooters and bikes have motors where the top speed is 20-30 MPH.) I am not stopping to administer aide to anyone hurt riding an eVehicle that openly breaks traffic law.