After son's injury, Apex mom urges e-bike safety
SALES DISCUSSION, CHECK OUT THE
STORY ON WRAL DOT COM. AT LEAST
3 LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE
POSTED
ONLINE WARNINGS.
>> ABOUT ILLEGAL E-BIKE USE.
THIS IS HAPPENING IN RECENT
WEEKS. OFFICERS SAY DANGEROUS
RIDING IS LEADING TO ADDED
HAZARDS ON THE ROAD. WRAL'S
WHEN SNYDER HAS AN APEX
MOTHER'S WARNING FOR OTHER
PARENTS.
>> AND YOU JUST PUT IN THE
CREDIT CARD NUMBER AND THEY
SHIP IT TO THE HOUSE WHEN
LAUREN LOVETTE BOUGHT HER 15
YEAR-OLD SON COLTON AND
ELECTRIC BIKE. SHE NEVER
THOUGHT IT WOULD END WITH A
TRIP TO THE ER. COLTON CAME
OVER A BLIND HILL TOO QUICKLY.
HE WAS HE WAS SPEEDING. HE LAID
IT DOWN. IT WENT UNDER THE CAR.
SO HE ESSENTIALLY HIS LEGS ARE
UNDER THE CAR AND HE HAD TO
KIND OF WALK HIMSELF BACK OUT
FROM UNDER THE CAR. THE CRASH
LEFT COLTON WITH A BROKEN ARM
AND A BIG DISCOVERY FOR HIS
MOM. WE LEARNED THAT AND THAT
IS, IN FACT, A MOTORCYCLE,
WHICH IF SOMEONE SAID WOULD
YOU BUY YOUR KID A MOTORCYCLE,
YOU WOULD SAY OBVIOUSLY NOT
LIKE NOBODY WOULD DO THAT WOULD
LET IT CONSIDERED AN E-BIKE WAS
ACTUALLY A VEHICLE THAT STATE
LAW REQUIRES RIDERS TO HAVE A
LICENSE REGISTRATION AND
INSURANCE FOR HEALTH AND HIS
15. SO HE HAS NONE OF THOSE
THINGS. IT'S A LEGAL
DISTINCTION THAT APEX POLICE
SAY IS UNKNOWN TO MANY YOUNG.
THE BIKE RIDERS IS VERY
CONCERNING BECAUSE SOME OF
THESE ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES ARE
PUSHING 30, 40 MILES AN HOUR
AND THEY CAN BE VERY, VERY
DANGEROUS. OFFICER BRAD MEIER
SAYS BIKES WITHOUT PEDALS THAT
GO OVER 20 MILES PER HOUR WITH
THE MORE THAN 750 WATT MOTOR
ARTS CONSIDER BICYCLES UNDER
STATE LAW HERE IN APEX E-BIKES
LEGALLY NOT CONSIDERED
BICYCLES, HAVE TO STAY ON THE
ROAD MEAN YOU CAN'T RIDE THEM
ON GREENWAYS LIKE THIS ONE.
POLICE SAY VIOLATIONS CAN COME
WITH CHARGES IF THEY'RE YOUNGER
THAN 16, THEY CANNOT BE CHARGED
OF ICE A CITATION. THEY WOULD
HAVE TO BE A JUVENILE PETITION
LOVE. IT'S AS COLD AND IS
EXPECTED TO RECOVER AND HOPES
HIS CRASH IS A WAKE-UP CALL FOR
OTHER PARENTS. I THINK
EVERYBODY SEES ELECTRIC AND
THEY THINK IT'S JUST A FREE
PASS.
>> AND SO I DEFINITELY DO YOUR
RESEARCH CALLED THE POLICE.
IF
YOU'RE UNSURE AND YOU KNOW,
RUNNING BY THEM AND UNKNOWN
DISTINCTION THAT LOVE IT SAYS
CAN LEAD TO MEDICAL AND LEGAL
TROUBLE FOR INSIDER WRAL.
NEWS, APEX APEX. POLICE SAY
MORE E-BIKES ON THE ROAD ARE
LEADING TO MORE 9-1-1. CALLS
OFFICERS ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO
CHECK THEIR BIKES. MOTOR
WATTAGE TOP SPEED AND REQUIRE