Child e-bike accidents prompt petition for mandatory training

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Winter Garden woman says she created a petition, after she says she was almost hit by a child riding an e-bike.

“It’s frightening. It’s really frightening,” said Linda Sibley as she described what it’s like to run on a trail with students riding on electric bikes.

“These vehicles are silent, and you don’t hear them coming up behind you, and all of a sudden you are just startled by this child that is inches away from you. Some of them on their cellphones. They’ve got their earbuds in,” she said…

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