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E-Bikes Blurring Legal Lines | San Jose News
Electric bikes are racing into trouble as some secretly outpace legal limits—turning quiet, eco-friendly machines into high-speed hazards. California’s e-bike classes are being flouted by manufacturers selling faster bikes as “e-bikes,” risking lives on trails and roads. Personal stakes are high: officials like Pleasant Hill’s Vice Mayor Andrei Obolenskiy, who’s lost loved ones to crashes, warn that silence doesn’t equal safety. A new Senate bill, SB 1167, aims to crack down on misleading marketing, while cities scramble with bans and sidewalk rules—not to ban bikes, but to protect everyone…
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