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What to know about e-bike rules in Oswego, other Kendall County communities · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: What to know about e bike rules in Oswego other
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  Speaker 1: Kendall County communities. Written by Eric Shelkoff. This article is
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  Speaker 1: being read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlet.
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  Speaker 1: With the popularity of e bikes and e scooters continuing
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  Speaker 1: to grow, some communities have put in place their own
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  Speaker 1: rules regulating their use. Illinois Public Act one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: three zero eight nine nine prohibits the use of electric
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  Speaker 1: scooters unless they are authorized by a local ordinance. The
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  Speaker 1: law also sets statewide regulations for communities that do allow
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  Speaker 1: the use of e scooters, including age requirements, equipment standards,
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  Speaker 1: and limitations on where they can be used. In April,
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  Speaker 1: the Illinois Senate unanimously passed a bill that would regulate
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  Speaker 1: high speed e bikes, emotos, and other micromobility devices on
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  Speaker 1: a statewide basis. The bill is now working its way
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  Speaker 1: through the House. If signed into law, it would require licensing, registration,
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  Speaker 1: and insurance for devices exceeding twenty eight miles per hour,
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  Speaker 1: with the legislation taking effect on January first. Here's what
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  Speaker 1: you need to know about e bike Slash e scooter
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  Speaker 1: rules and Aswego Yorkville and Plano Oswego. In face of
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  Speaker 1: complaints from Oswego residents about e bikes and e scooters
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  Speaker 1: speeding through their neighborhoods, the Village of Oswego has enacted
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  Speaker 1: new rules regarding the use of electric scooters and similar
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  Speaker 1: type of vehicles. Village trustees unanimously approved the new rules
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  Speaker 1: at their December ninth Village Board meeting. Age limits Class one, two,
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  Speaker 1: and three e bikes users must be sixteen and older.
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  Speaker 1: E scooters users must be at least eighteen years old.
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  Speaker 1: Where you can ride, Class one and two e bikes
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  Speaker 1: can be driven on village trails and paths and village roads.
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  Speaker 1: They are banned from sidewalks. E scooters less than seven
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  Speaker 1: hundred and fifties of watts are allowed on village roads
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  Speaker 1: less than thirty five miles per hour, as well as
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  Speaker 1: village trails and paths. They are not allowed on sidewalks
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  Speaker 1: in village roads where the speed limit is more than
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  Speaker 1: thirty five miles per hour. E scooters more than seven
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  Speaker 1: hundred and fifty watts are prohibited from operating within the village.
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  Speaker 1: Safety first helmets for e bikes and escooters are required
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  Speaker 1: if you're under eighteen. If operating at night or in
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  Speaker 1: low visibility. E bicycles and escooters will have and must
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  Speaker 1: utilize a white lamp on the front visible from at
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  Speaker 1: least five hundred feet, and a red reflector at the
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  Speaker 1: rear visible from at least five hundred feet. No cell
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  Speaker 1: phone usage while riding. No riding under the influence. One
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  Speaker 1: rider per e bike slash scooter. No passengers are allowed.
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  Speaker 1: L Class three e bicycles need a speedometer violation fines
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  Speaker 1: first offense seventy five dollars, second offense one hundred dollars,
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  Speaker 1: Third subsequent offenses one hundred and fifty dollars, with a
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  Speaker 1: maximum possible fine of seven hundred and fifty dollars. Plano
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  Speaker 1: in Yorkville I KNOW in Yorkville have not adopted their
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  Speaker 1: own rules regarding the use of e bikes and e scooters.
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  Speaker 1: Illinois regulates e bikes and e scooters based on speed
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  Speaker 1: and power, requiring riders to be at least eighteen for
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  Speaker 1: scooters and sixteen for class three e bikes. Escooters must
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  Speaker 1: travel under ten miles per hour and stay off state highways,
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  Speaker 1: while e bikes up to twenty eight miles per hour
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  Speaker 1: are allowed on roads and bike paths, but not sidewalks,