LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Metro officers addressed that deadly e-scooter crash at the First Tuesday event in Mountain’s Edge.
E-bikes and rider safety issues were the main topics of discussion at the community meeting, and how to solve the problem of reckless driving.
One of the fixes, comes from a neighbor who actually sells and services e-bikes and other e-rides.
She hates that some are driving recklessly, and giving all riders a bad name these days, so she’s not afraid to pick up the phone when she sees it happening!
Jennifer McKeehan is the owner of High Voltage PEV in the southeast valley.
“I mean honestly, we’ll call their parents! I’m not above calling their mom and being like hey, I saw your kid doing this because if it was my kid doing it, I would want to know,” McKeehan said.
She came to the First Tuesday event to make it clear that not all e-riders are doing bad things behind the wheel, and she’s trying to teach riders and their parents about how to stay safe.
“The e-bikes have evolved faster than the laws. Kids ride them recklessly. They ride them very dangerously, and we don’t want them to get taken,” McKeehan said.
Speaking of the laws, Metro says the department is working with Clark County on an ordinance to clarify where people can ride the e-bikes and e-motorcycles, as well as speed and helmet regulations.
That’s an idea Mountain’s Edge neighbor, Carmen Bernasconi can get behind, especially after seeing reckless driving in her part of town.
“They ride in groups and there’s going to be a really bad accident one day,” Bernasconi said. “It should be a law that they have to go and learn how to ride these bikes.”
Lieutenant Cody Fulwiler with Metro’s Traffic Unit says he’s tired of seeing preventable deaths on these e-rides.
“We’ve had a couple of recent fatalities involving them, and we want to make sure that we’re reducing those fatalities and going towards our goal this year of reducing it to less than 125 fatals,” Fulwiler said.
Lieutenant Fulwiler says since the e-rides are pretty new, the department has noticed an uptick in complaints about them within the last six months.
In our previous coverage, many of these rules have not been followed.
McKeehan says she’s seen those videos, and this is the first thing she does when reckless driving clips pop up on her feed.
“I sigh, I roll my eyes and I look to make sure it’s not one of our kids,” McKeehan said.
That’s why Metro passed out flyers explaining e-bike dos and don’ts.
Do: follow the rules just like cars do, have working lights, reflectors, and brakes, and use hand signals.
Don’t: do tricks or stunts on the roadway, don’t change lanes unless it’s safe, and don’t carry more people than the bike or scooter is meant for.
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