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Residents urge action citing high speeds, property damage, and private-street concerns
Summary
Several Avon residents told the committee they have seen e-bikes and e-scooters traveling at high speeds, causing property damage on private streets and risking collisions; they asked for helmet rules, registration, and updated education materials.
Resident Mike McDonough described himself as a "bike-aholic" and urged school-based education, universal helmet rules for minors, and registration to establish responsibility. He told the committee he had seen children riding on State Route 83 and cited an increase in head injuries, describing children as especially vulnerable. McDonough volunteered to help with education programs.
Bret Bartolovich and Larry Escalante described specific neighborhood problems: groups of children riding at speeds they estimated around 25 mph, risking damage to drainage structures and threatening less-mobile residents on private streets. Escalante asked for updated educational materials and stronger parental accountability where property damage or dangerous riding occurs. Committee members acknowledged these concerns while noting the police had not reported significant injuries in city crash records.
