News E-bike riders aren’t wearing helmets — and head trauma cases are through the roof

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E-bike-related injuries increased at an alarming rate from 2017 to 2022. At the same time, helmet usage declined, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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[Joseph_138]

Let's be honest about what ebikes really are. Electric motorcycles. The Uk is having a big problem with pedestrians being mowed down in crosswalks by these things. Some of them travel as fast as a 250cc motorcycle, and are completely silent. Someone looks to cross, sees a bicycle off in the distance, and thinks it's safe, not realizing the guy on the bicycle is traveling at 40-45 mph, and the pedestrian get run over because they never expected a guy on a bicycle to cover the distance that quickly, and they had no warning, because there is no engine noise.

Ebike riders should be required to have a motorcycle license, have registration tags, and carry insurance for the injuries they cause.