The latest trend in our suburbs is the young males (about 12-17) riding electric bikes. Now males 18-35 are the worst and most deadly drivers on the road. I had one total my car a few years back sending my grandchildren to the ED. In NJ unfortunately as a "NO Fault" state, short of vehicular homicide the Insurance company decides amongst themselves and the driver harmed is left empty handed while the at fault driver get a free pass to just go at it again.
But at least cars have licensed drivers with insurance in a registered vehicle, almost always. But the bicycles do 25+ mph and are silent, electric not gas. So they come up behind a pedestrian and zip through sidewalk crowds. The Police seem grossly clueless. After-all they are minors, so until someone is killed, or worse a group slaughtered, nothing will be done.
There is no Constitutional Amendment that enables reckless pre-teens and teens to mow down pedestrians.
I first saw this in DC a decade ago, but now in the suburbs parents spend $1,000 on a deadly weapon and give it to their child. Wait till the Courts catch up with this one!
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