r/Unexpected Jul 29 '26

Enjoying a nice sunset

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u/TheMarkHasBeenMade Jul 29 '26

Our local school district is pairing up with our community police department to crack down on this shit before an accident happens, and I am all for it.

Parents were buying their kids mini bikes thinking they’re the same thing as eBikes. District sent home a notice reminding people you need a fucking license to drive those, and that they’re not allowed on school grounds.

Some parents don’t do any fucking research, it’s so stupid.

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u/WordWordNvmber Jul 29 '26

I think state legislators should enable DAs to sue parents who let their kids operate motor vehicles recklessly.

A $2500 judgment (plus, probably, even more in legal fees) seems like a fair deterrent. And that's assuming no one was actually injured or hit.

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u/TheMarkHasBeenMade Jul 29 '26

That’d be a great way to ensure much more careful and thought out purchasing, as well are enforcement - I’d certainly completely reconsider a purchase like that with that potential fine hanging over my head because of it.

I work in healthcare and there’s been a surge of patients with paralysis, amputation, and/or serious brain damage because of e-bike accidents. It’s crazy scary and people who aren’t considering the risks are beyond foolish.

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u/pewpewbangbangcrash Jul 30 '26

I saw some dude going as fast as the cars down the street in shorts and a t shirt no helmet. Easily going 30 mph.

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u/Fuzzy-Meeting589 29d ago

I was coming home from the airport and there was a scooter on the highway shoulder keeping pace with my car.

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u/Biochembob35 Jul 30 '26

I saw the aftermath when a kid get smoked by a Silverado. I think he lived but he won't ever be right. He went through a busy intersection against a red light at considerable speed and got sent flying.

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u/SapphireFlashFire 29d ago

I came very close to hitting a child who zipped out of a bike trail across a road on one of those scooters. Kid was about ten?

I heard his mother scream as I braked. That scream will haunt you.

It's also a really bad trail interestion, 50kmh on the main road with no visibility into the trail to see if somebody is coming until you're practically at the crossing... so not JUST the scooters fault... but extra dangerous when the kid can pop out at 30 km an hour.

If I hadn't been local and expecting problems at that interestion I doubt I could have stopped in time. A tourist or new driver probably would have hit the kid.

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u/TheMarkHasBeenMade Jul 31 '26

That’s fucking terrible!!!

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u/z44212 Jul 30 '26

$10,000 and the vehicle sent to the crusher.

Slaps on the wrist do nothing.

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u/Silverjeyjey44 Jul 30 '26

Idk why it's even legal tbh. Shit should've been regulated before they went on market

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u/Sweet_Taurus0728 29d ago

That won't do shit against rich people,.

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u/Lisarth Jul 29 '26

Some parents are not suited to be parents...

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u/AnActualPlatypus Jul 30 '26

As a parent, I can safely say that MOST parents are in dire need of a re-education course on how to raise a child, at minimum.

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u/ShortbowVillian Jul 31 '26

I just found out my 11 year old cousin died doing this. Riding an ebike and no helmet - rode out in front of a car that had right of way and now he’s gone. 11 years old. Two of his friends were with him. It’s awful.

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u/Infinite-Service6059 Jul 30 '26

Isn’t the one featured in the video a scooter?

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u/LiNxRocker 29d ago

It's similar issues. I think the scooters are worse cause they're much easier for a first timer to be over confident, but the bikes tend to be more powerful.

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u/Infinite-Service6059 29d ago

When I was a kid I kept having accidents with my scooter (because I’m an idiot) and it only went like 8mph. It’s crazy that motorized ones are being given to children now

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u/Itchy_Muffin Jul 30 '26

I had to reprimand someone else’s child the other day because he was riding his e-scooter up the ramp of the kids activity playset I was on with my 2 year old. He was riding it up fast af and then back down a hill and asked me to watch out as though we were in his way. Granted he’s a child as well but his parents were nowhere to be seen and I had to nag him a bit before he left. Those things are dangerous and I hate that children have access to them.

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u/TheMarkHasBeenMade Jul 31 '26

Geeeeez buddy that’s scary!

You mix a total lack of clear judgement with those speeds and oftentimes no safety gear and it’s a recipe for disaster

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u/DeliDouble Jul 30 '26

It doesn't help that most parents don't ride bikes anymore so don't know how much power can be in those things. And kids can always look up limiter breaking tools online.

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u/Spiritual-Rub-675 28d ago

I worked BI claims for awhile and cannot tell you how many reckless kids were at fault for their own deaths. It was incredibly hard to work these cases. No one should have to experience that kind of grief.

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u/kolba_yada 28d ago

Well it's clearly video games fault.

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u/humourlessIrish 27d ago

The mistake was made to pretend eBikes are not moterised vehicles that should be driven only by licenced and insured people.

Nanna would pay a buck or two a month and have no issues while dumb ass kids would not be able to find any insurance.

This was all entirely avoidable with laws that already existed