REMARKS
Council Member Holden advocates for e-bike registration and accountability
3:43:28
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Council Member Robert F. Holden emphasizes the need for accountability in e-bike usage and argues for his proposed bill to require registration. He highlights the current inability to identify hit-and-run e-bike riders and the importance of considering victims' experiences.
- Holden criticizes opponents of the bill for not providing solutions to safety issues at street corners
- He suggests a low-cost registration fee ($10) to ensure accountability
- Holden stresses that without the bill, there will be continued lawlessness on the streets
Robert F. Holden
3:43:28
Thanks, Renee, and and all the people that have been hurt.
3:43:32
I've listened over a period of 2, 3 years now, All the victims and I think the opponents of this bill, by the way, have no solutions to what what happens when you get to a corner.
3:43:44
They that nobody comes up with an answer for that, of enforcement.
3:43:49
So, let's say the license costs $10 fee.
3:43:53
I don't care what the the fee would be.
3:43:55
We just want accountability.
3:43:57
The fact, Renee, that the person that hit you with an e bike, you were knocked unconscious, you were and the rider fled the scene.
3:44:06
There was no police report.
3:44:08
I'm hearing that from so many victims that there was no police report.
3:44:12
They don't have a category.
3:44:13
Well, if you don't you don't know who it is, we can't catch them.
3:44:16
If they had a plate, Renee, they would have gotten this guy.
3:44:21
They would we would have looked at cameras, they would have caught that person.
3:44:25
If anybody is opposing this bill and doesn't care about the victims, you have no heart.
3:44:31
You only care about your ebikes, and most of them are ebike riders, but they're not worrying about the consequences nor are they considering if there is no bill, if my bill fails then again we're back to lawlessness in our streets and we can't even walk without worrying about what happened to Renee and Paul and everybody else or, Peter.
3:44:53
I'm sorry.
3:44:54
Peter, who I I know you had a picture, and and please get us a a blow up of that.
3:45:00
Because we need to show opponents of this bill the consequences.
3:45:06
Thank you.
