US Politics
The Wrong Lane: California's E-Bike Crackdown and the Missed Turn Toward Safe Streets
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed three new laws aiming to improve e-bike safety, including a pilot program in San Mateo County that bans children under 12 from riding certain models. This well-intentioned pursuit of safety is tragically undermined by a patchwork, paternalistic approach that risks criminalizing youth mobility instead of fixing the dangerous infrastructure that threatens all road users.
