- An underage rider fled police on an e-motorcycle in Sandy, Utah.
- Lt. Jason Nielsen highlights increasing issues with underage e-motorcycle riders on streets.
- A new law mandates e-motorcycle riders be 16+, licensed, and follow traffic laws.
SANDY — Police said an underage driver on an e-motorcycle recently fled from officers, highlighting an increasing number of problems they are encountering with kids and e-motorcycles on city streets.
According to Lt. Jason Nielsen, an officer spotted the underage rider traveling illegally in the roadway on Wednesday near the intersection of Beetdigger Boulevard and Sego Lily Drive.
“(The officer) tried to stop it and it fled from us, at which point we were able to keep eyes on the vehicle and the juvenile,” Nielsen told KSL during an interview Thursday…