New Santa Barbara bike laws

[jm714]

Originally Posted by dgauthier

If e-bikes are classified as motor vehicles, and have the same requirements as motorcycles, kids won't be riding them until they're 16 and have gotten their license. Which would be perfect.

It wont happen in California. Do you know why? Unfortunately this is going to sound political and it isn’t meant to be political. It is just the reality of the situation. Once you start requiring licenses and insurance for e-bikes then that is going to mean another class of people are going to be caught up in enforcement and once that happens the legislators of this fine state will lose their sh1t.