Are e-bikes turning Fort Worth neighborhoods into danger zones?

It was a Monday afternoon, and Chris Hall, who lives in far north Fort Worth, was driving his son to jiu-jitsu when out of nowhere, a kid on an electric dirt bike shot in front of his vehicle.

Hall said he slammed on his brakes, and the kid nearly lost control of his bike. Fortunately, the young rider, who was wearing a helmet, righted himself at the last moment, then zipped off down a residential sidewalk at a pretty good rate of speed, based on a video Hall shared on Facebook after the close call — likely with a little more adrenaline coursing through his veins.

“[I]f I had hit him and he ended up in the street it could have been devastating,” Hall wrote on Facebook. “I’m not angry just shaken. This was way too close for comfort.”…

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