More than a dozen arrests in Wellington, and multiple deaths including one this month in Jupiter, are turning the spotlight on an exploding profusion of small electric vehicles, including bicycles, scooters and motorcycles, increasingly falling under the handlebar grip of young teenagers.
Wellington’s Public Safety Committee, meeting on Tuesday, March 11, learned the details of an operation to crack down on illegal street and sidewalk use of “e-moto” vehicles, motorcycles that sometimes get loosely lumped in with “e-bike” in popular discourse.
“We’ve arrested 15 kids,” Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Matthew DeJoy said. “The reason we went so severe is we don’t want another kid injured or dead.”…