Thursday, July 31, 2025

CA ABOUT TO BE MADE SAFE FROM THE SCOURGE OF INAPPROPRIATE E-BIKE RIDERS, KINDA-SORTA

By Bob Walsh

 


Governor Newsom of the formerly great state of California just signed a bill into law that prohibits the sale of class 3 e-bikes to persons under 16 years of age.  A class 3 e-bike has a speedometer and only provides juice if the pedals are also being manually pumped.  It was already illegal for persons under 16 to operate them in CA.

The bill, AB965, is an attempt to cut into the significant number of injuries both to riders and pedestrians.  It seems that operators under 14 routinely account for 36% of the injuries nationwide from use of these things, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

This particular law became effective immediately upon being signed by the governor due to the major public safety issue.

Damn, I feel safer already.  Or not.

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