Law enforcement agencies across Colorado’s Front Range are cracking down on high-powered electric bikes after recent dangerous incidents involving teenagers riding vehicles that can legally qualify as motorcycles.
Erie police say they’ve had more than 70 incidents in the last two years involving that type of vehicle. The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office says its deputies have stopped dozens of riders in the last year, with some as young as 14 years old riding the modified bikes without licenses, registration, or insurance. Authorities say many of the young riders, and even their parents, may not realize the bikes they are using are considered illegal for road use.
“These are extremely dangerous,” Boulder County Sheriff Patrol Sergeant David Salaman said, “We actually pulled over an electric motorcycle the other day, and it was 59 mph on an electric motorcycle, and it was a 14-year-old riding it.”
Body and dash cam footage from Erie and Boulder police show teens riding the motorized bikes where they shouldn’t or doing tricks in the roadways…