Minnesota e-bike crackdown: ER visits up 9x as police push to clarify the rules

The Brief

  • Police across Minnesota are clarifying rules for riding electric-powered vehicles as complaints rise.
  • A recent chase in New Brighton involved teenagers riding electric motorcycles on the highway shoulder at nearly 1 a.m.
  • Emergency rooms in the Metro are seeing nine times more visits related to electric two-wheelers than three years ago.

NEW BRIGHTON, Minn. (FOX 9) A surge in kids riding electric-powered bikes and motorcycles has sparked confusion and concern, with police working to clear up the rules.

Police respond to late-night chase involving teens on electric motorcycles

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