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Temecula officials warn of rising e‑bike and e‑motorcycle dangers, push education and enforcement
Summary
City police presented video showing juvenile riders performing stunts, running signals and riding in oncoming lanes. Council asked staff to expand education, evaluate municipal code changes, and partner with schools and local businesses to reduce crashes and reckless group rides.
Temecula city police on Tuesday told the City Council they are seeing a growing wave of powerful e‑bikes and electric motorcycles operated by juveniles in ways that endanger riders and the public, and asked for more parental involvement, education and stronger local enforcement.
Chief Kevin Regali told the council that recorded video from the city’s camera system and recent collision reports show a rapid uptick in dangerous riding by youths using both electric motorcycles and modified e‑bikes. Lieutenant Vic Pearson showed multiple short surveillance clips in Old Town Temecula and elsewhere, and explained that some group rides — described by officers as “brainless meetups” or “bridal outs” in social posts — draw 30 to 50 riders who split lanes, run stop signs and sometimes flee from deputies.
The police presentation stressed three tracks the city and sheriff’s office are pursuing: public education and outreach, municipal code and enforcement work, and infrastructure improvements aimed at safer riding. Regali and Pearson said…
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