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

[Anonymous]

just this week we had a kid n an ebike killed. an officer attempted to stop him for not wearing a helmet, and he ran and ended up as a wrong way driver. he eventually ran into a car crossing the road and died.

people are all over facebook saying, "why didn't the cop just leave him alone?" idiots, the kid was at fault. don't run from the police!

[Anonymous]

They are prevalent out near Reston and Great Falls too. Larger groups than Arlington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's CPS level bad parenting. I don't understand it. It's DCUM crowd kids doing it too.

I sincerely need someone who lets their kids do this come on here and start arguing with us and explain it. I don't get it.

How do you know it's DCUM crowd kids doing it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's bad parenting.

You are buys if you think it’s good parents. Did you get your kid one, they pop wheelies and go 40 mph down Harrison and Langston. They aren’t in bike lanes, they don’t obey stop signs or lights. I’ve had them cut me off many times. Williamsburg has banned them, but some bad parents who lives across the street from the school let the kids park them then they walk to school. They are basically motorcycles and are being driving by 12, 13 and 14 year olds who have no idea what the are doing. A kid is going to get killed. Luckily, the batteries done work in cold weather so we should eh seeing a lot fewer of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had one going top speed (28-30 mph) on E-bike run the red light at the Arlington Courthouse/Clarendon Blvd light by the CVs and missed me by inches….and then ran the next two red lights to go down Veitch and narrowly missed an 80-year old woman.

He was wearing a helmet but if he hit either of us at that speed we would have been very seriously injured, if not dead!!!!

My neighbor runs on the bike trails and has seen a very bad collision between one of these and a regular bike.

Depending on the type of e-bike, the most expensive can get up to 45mph.

In wealthy Arlington County, the keeping up with the Jones likely have this model. I saw 4th graders with the highest/most expensive iPhones, $1,000 sneakers, back when my kids were in public in Arlington County. They also drink/smoke/vape in the woods at that one park…forget the name.

[Anonymous]

WTH is wrong with a REGULAR bike??? Make the kid get some exercise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In Montgomery County it's electric bikes. They are for all intents and purposes unlicensed motorcycles. They ride on the Capital Crescent Trail, on roads, etc. and seem to take pride in menacing pedestrians. The cops have done absolutely nothing. Someone is going to get killed on the CCT, probably a pedestrian. I completely agree on parents providing these things to kids. It's wildly irresponsible.

My guess it's the same in VA. They are electric bikes that look like dirtbikes. They are so so dangerous.

[Anonymous]

Just Google it—so many kids/teens killed on E-bikes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's CPS level bad parenting. I don't understand it. It's DCUM crowd kids doing it too.

I sincerely need someone who lets their kids do this come on here and start arguing with us and explain it. I don't get it.

How do you know it's DCUM crowd kids doing it?

To be blunt, it's rich white kids. I've seen them up close milling around the Cherrydale area a bunch of times. The shopping plaza that has the Arrowine store. And the ebikes are not cheap. I've been told by parents who recognize kids it's a lot of Hamm kids. An active bunch over on the school forums, to say the least.

[Anonymous]

It's a known very big hazard..

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/magazine/e-bikes-accidents-safety-legislation-california.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's CPS level bad parenting. I don't understand it. It's DCUM crowd kids doing it too.

I sincerely need someone who lets their kids do this come on here and start arguing with us and explain it. I don't get it.

How do you know it's DCUM crowd kids doing it?

To be blunt, it's rich white kids. I've seen them up close milling around the Cherrydale area a bunch of times. The shopping plaza that has the Arrowine store. And the ebikes are not cheap. I've been told by parents who recognize kids it's a lot of Hamm kids. An active bunch over on the school forums, to say the least.

Sounds about right. It was like that when we were there---peers were completely unsupervised and into all kinds of trouble with parents footing the bill for anything the kid's heart desired. And if one kid had it, they all had to have it.. Pulled our sons out and sent them to private--where 12-year olds aren't wearing $1,000 sneakers either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just Google it—so many kids/teens killed on E-bikes.

I had a friend died Freshman year of high school on a ATV. Eventually people figured out something that sounds safe “its a BICYCLE” realize that names are meaningless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a known very big hazard..

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/magazine/e-bikes-accidents-safety-legislation-california.html

This needs to be put before the Arlington County Board. There need to be restrictions here too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:just this week we had a kid n an ebike killed. an officer attempted to stop him for not wearing a helmet, and he ran and ended up as a wrong way driver. he eventually ran into a car crossing the road and died.

people are all over facebook saying, "why didn't the cop just leave him alone?" idiots, the kid was at fault. don't run from the police!

where?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's bad parenting.

You are buys if you think it’s good parents. Did you get your kid one, they pop wheelies and go 40 mph down Harrison and Langston. They aren’t in bike lanes, they don’t obey stop signs or lights. I’ve had them cut me off many times. Williamsburg has banned them, but some bad parents who lives across the street from the school let the kids park them then they walk to school. They are basically motorcycles and are being driving by 12, 13 and 14 year olds who have no idea what the are doing. A kid is going to get killed. Luckily, the batteries done work in cold weather so we should eh seeing a lot fewer of them.

Omg. These are the same parents who will have drunk driving teens in a few years. Very big issue in that area.