Why do I keep seeing Middle and High Schoolers on Dirtbikes on ARL Roadways???

[Anonymous]

Almost hit a pack of MS aged boys on ebikes when I was driving up the one way spiral in the parking garage at Medstar. Boys were coming down (aka the wrong way) and I narrowly missed hitting them. Unclear if they didn’t understand that it was the up ramp or thought it was funny or didn’t care, but it was incredibly dangerous. I honestly cannot understand how this is legal and why parents or grandparents buy the bikes for their kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Almost hit a pack of MS aged boys on ebikes when I was driving up the one way spiral in the parking garage at Medstar. Boys were coming down (aka the wrong way) and I narrowly missed hitting them. Unclear if they didn’t understand that it was the up ramp or thought it was funny or didn’t care, but it was incredibly dangerous. I honestly cannot understand how this is legal and why parents or grandparents buy the bikes for their kids.

Bikes should be banned!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m the OP. I posted the question because I honestly couldn’t figure out if I was “missing” something. My kids are early 20s so I’m out of the loop when it comes to MS and HS kids.

Now that I understand the situation, I’ll contact Arlington policymakers and law enforcement to ask them to look into this. 13 and 14 year olds are riding vehicles in roadways **despite not having roadway licenses**. That doesn’t make sense from a safety perspective. I know that I have zero power over people with poor parenting skills and have no intention of going that route.

New Jersey just banned all e-bikes unless you first get a drivers license for it.

Smart. Meanwhile dumb@saves her are giving them to middle schoolers.’

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m the OP. I posted the question because I honestly couldn’t figure out if I was “missing” something. My kids are early 20s so I’m out of the loop when it comes to MS and HS kids.

Now that I understand the situation, I’ll contact Arlington policymakers and law enforcement to ask them to look into this. 13 and 14 year olds are riding vehicles in roadways **despite not having roadway licenses**. That doesn’t make sense from a safety perspective. I know that I have zero power over people with poor parenting skills and have no intention of going that route.

New Jersey just banned all e-bikes unless you first get a drivers license for it.

Smart. Meanwhile dumb@saves her are giving them to middle schoolers.’

The DMV needs to follow suit and also ban bikes like New Jersey.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m the OP. I posted the question because I honestly couldn’t figure out if I was “missing” something. My kids are early 20s so I’m out of the loop when it comes to MS and HS kids.

Now that I understand the situation, I’ll contact Arlington policymakers and law enforcement to ask them to look into this. 13 and 14 year olds are riding vehicles in roadways **despite not having roadway licenses**. That doesn’t make sense from a safety perspective. I know that I have zero power over people with poor parenting skills and have no intention of going that route.

New Jersey just banned all e-bikes unless you first get a drivers license for it.

Smart. Meanwhile dumb@saves her are giving them to middle schoolers.’

The DMV needs to follow suit and also ban bikes like New Jersey.

I would welcome this. The bikes are a scourge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The law bans riders who are 14 years old or younger from using motorized bicycles and scooters. Riders 15 years old and older need a license, registration and insurance. Driver's license holders don't need a separate e-bike license.

Well those under 12s better turn themselves in. Their parents should get hard time.

[Anonymous]

This is OP looping back on this. I called the Arlington non-emergency number. Their response:

As long as the kids are wearing helmets and following roadway rules, there’s nothing they can do. It’s not illegal.

It’s just bad parenting. So glad my kids are older…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IT IS INSANE!!!!!

This has been going on for months. I agree I couldn't believe it when I saw it. They are riding on Langston Blvd popping wheelies on e-bikes in full on traffic. For those not familiar with the area, this is a busy 4-lane highway with cars probably traveling up to 50 mph in stretches?

It is beyond terrible parenting. I struggle to imagine what parents could possibly be thinking. Hey junior go ride an ebike in heavy traffic? Have fun! A kid is going to get killed doing it.

And yes I have kids this age including a teen boy. I'm not some pearl clutching grandma. It's genuinely insane.

Same in Ashburn. Several times I have seen 2 kids riding down Claiborne near a major intersection popping a wheelie in the middle of the road. One very bad mom went to one of our local parent/mom pages to complain about some woman who hit her innocent babe on his ebike. She wanted the horde to swarm that woman but we all knew the truth.