The fewer people driving cars, the fewer e-bike accidents there will be. Nor is this a problem that will be helped by slowing the introduction of e-bikes to our streets. To frame such accidents as the fault of the e-bike is blaming the victim rather than the cause. ![]() While “Teenagers’ Accidents Expose the Risks of E-Bikes” demonstrates the need for safety in planning and organizing the e-bike rollout, I think it’s important to note that the deaths and injuries cited are due to car drivers, not e-bike riders.Īs the article states, 15-year-old Brodee Champlain “did everything right,” including signaling to make a left turn, before a driver hit him. Parents, law enforcement and legislators need to wake up to that reality. ![]() It had a top speed of 35 miles per hour and was much closer to being a motorcycle than a bicycle. I rode one of the faster e-bikes about a month ago. E-bikes are even smaller, so the problem is likely worse. They aren’t looking for you, so they don’t see you. One of the first things you learn, either from hard experience or from older riders, is that you are invisible to most traffic. I have been riding motorcycles since 1972. ![]() The writer, a member of Congress, is the founder and co-chair of the Congressional Bicycle Caucus.
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