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Indian Trail council seeks legal options after residents warn e-bikes threaten sidewalk safety
Summary
Residents described hazardous e-bike riding on sidewalks; law enforcement said state law treats many e-bikes as bicycles and enforcement is limited to criminal or equipment violations. Council directed staff and the sheriff—s office to develop enforceable options and return with a joint briefing.
Residents, council and law-enforcement officials continued a months-long conversation Tuesday about e-bikes and other motorized personal devices, with multiple speakers urging local rules after repeated sidewalk incidents.
"As a pedestrian, I was struck five years ago. I had a concussion," resident Linda Avery told the council, urging measures to keep e-bikes off sidewalks and to create safer alternatives such as designated off-road trails. Lily Hon, another Brandon Oaks…
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