Injuries involving e-bikes and e-motorcycles are the No. 1 reason for Orange County children’s visits to emergency rooms, District Attorney Todd Spitzer said as his office continues its crackdown on young riders using the vehicles illegally.
“More than 100 deaths have been attributed to E-Bikes and E-Motorcycles in the United States, and injuries have spiked 430% in just the last four years in Southern California,” Spitzer said in a statement Saturday.
Citing statistics from the California Statewide Integrated Traffic Record System, the D.A. noted that kids between the age of 11 and 14 accounted for 61.7% of e-motorcycle crashes, even though children under the age of 16 are legally prohibited from riding e-motorcycles…