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Testimony by Michael Phillips, Member of the Public, on E-bike Licensing and Compliance

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Michael Phillips testifies in favor of licensing requirements for e-bikes, arguing that it is necessary for ensuring compliance and accountability. He emphasizes that licensing would enable law enforcement to identify and penalize e-bike riders who break traffic laws.

Phillips argues that CCTV cameras are ineffective without proper identification of e-bike riders
He suggests that licensing would allow police to enforce compliance on one-way streets without dangerous pursuits
Phillips believes that meaningful penalties tied to registered licenses would lead to immediate compliance among e-bike riders

Michael Phillips

4:36:11

Hi.

4:36:11

My name is Michael Phillips.

4:36:14

I wanna thank you very much for having me, testify.

4:36:19

I see the clock is much later than I thought it would be, so I'll make this very fast.

4:36:27

It's just my my sort of summation of what what it's all about.

4:36:31

And I I say that licensing is required for compliance because compliance begins with accountability.

4:36:40

And the e bike rider has to know that breaking the law results in identification and serious consequences.

4:36:48

CCTV's at every intersection are worthless if all that captures the back of an e biker's head as he's breaking the law, and every e biker knows this.

4:37:00

Also, required licensing provides the police with the ability to enforce compliance with one way street, wrong way e bikers where the police can't give chase.

4:37:13

A police car can't drive against traffic, but simply recording the license number will do the job.

4:37:20

Compliance will be pretty much immediate as soon as e bikers are required to have registered licenses that include meaningful penalties for law breaking.

4:37:31

Thank you very much.

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