Tess Rinearsoncan’t help but notice there’s another pattern than e-bikes here
[cw for the screenshots: cyclist death]
Ostrich@tessr First image transcript:
'A Dangerous Combination ':
Teenagers' Accidents Expose E-Bike Risks
The e-bike industry is booming, but many vehicles are not legal for teenagers, and accidents are on the rise.
@tessr Second image transcript:
year-old son Brodee had been in a
terrible crash, the latest teen victim of an e-bike accident.
He had been riding from home to shot-
putting practice. The e-bike, a model
made by Rad Power, had a top speed of
20 miles per hour, but his route took him on a busy road with a 55-mile-per-hour
limit. While turning left, [HIGHLIGHT] he was clipped by a Nissan van and thrown violently. [END HIGHLIGHT]
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@tessr Second image transcript continued:
Ms. Champlain rushed to the hospital and was taken to Brodee's room. She could see the marks left by the chin strap of his bike helmet. "I went to grab his head and kiss him," she recalled. "But there was no back of his head. It wasn't the skull, it was just mush."
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@tessr Second image transcript continued:
Three days later, another teenage boy
was taken to the same hospital after [HIGHLIGHT] the e-bike he was riding collided with a car, leaving him sprawled beneath a BMW,[END HIGHLIGHT] hurt but alive. In the days following, the town of Encinitas, where both incidents occurred, declared a state of emergency for e-bike safety.
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Image caption: Medals that Brodee earned for math, chess and an egg-drop contest; his bedroom; messages written to Brodee at a recent candlelight vigil on display in Ms. Champlain's home. Ariana Drehsler for The New York Times
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Communities have begun to alert their
residents to the dangers of e-bikes. In
June, the police department in Bend,
Ore., ran a public service campaign
acquainting the public with the e-bike
laws that were frequently being broken
there. Days later, a 15-year-old boy was
killed when [HIGHLIGHT] the e-bike he was riding was struck by a van.[END HIGHLIGHT]
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Sheila Miller, who is the spokeswoman
for the Bend police and helped develop
the public service campaign, emphasized that not everything that calls itself an e-bike qualifies as one, or is safe or legal for minors. Under Oregon law, which is more restrictive than those in most states, a person must be at least 16 to ride an e-
bike of any kind.
End of transcription. Portions were done using OCR, please let me know of any errors.
@ostrich thank you again for this. one small FYI: you happened to start this thread when I had a CW on my post, with an unfortunate typo in it, and this typo has now propagated to all your posts! I think this can be fixed with an edit, if you care to do so.