REMARKS
Council Member Brewer introduces legislation on electric bike and scooter safety
1:32:05
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Council Member Gale A. Brewer introduces and explains Intro 1145, a local law requiring speedometers on shared electric bicycles and scooters, and limiting speeds for new riders. The legislation aims to improve safety by ensuring riders know their speed and limiting new users to 10 mph for their first three rides.
- The law applies to share systems like Citibank and Lime
- It requires speedometers on electric bikes and scooters
- New riders are limited to 10 mph for their first three rides
Gale A. Brewer
1:32:05
Thank thank you very much.
1:32:06
I'm talking about intro 1145.
1:32:09
It's a local law to require electric bicycles and electric scooters that are part of share systems, like Citibank and Lime, that have speedometers and to limit electric speed assistance for new riders.
1:32:23
How can we tell people to stay under certain speeds that they don't even know how fast they're going?
1:32:28
The companies that run chair systems need to put speedometers on their devices, and people who are new to power devices, like tourists, should start slowly.
1:32:40
This legislation says stay under 10 miles per hour on your first three electric bikes rides.
1:32:47
And I wanna say to council member Holden, I'm sure Ramon Martinez is listening.
1:32:52
Thank you very much.
