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Trustee urges ordinance to curb electric bikes after near-miss on Blackthorn Road
Summary
Following a near-collision with fast-moving electric and motorized bikes, trustees asked the attorney to draft an ordinance to restrict or ban certain motorized devices on village streets and discussed enforcement and education measures.
Trustee Jamerson told the Village Board of Trustees that children riding an electric bicycle and a motorized minibike nearly collided with him while he was on Blackthorn Road, and urged the board to consider an ordinance to curb or ban such devices on village streets.
“I almost killed 2 people, about a week ago, little kids on an electric bike and a motorized mini bike driving down Blackthorn Road, at a very high rate of speed,” Trustee Jamerson said. He said the riders were not neighborhood…
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