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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have to be insane to put a child on an e-bike. Do you let them play with guns too?[/quote]

the OP meant the parents are on the e-bike hauling kids, not the kids themselves.[/quote]

All of it seems incredibly dangerous. As a parent it really bothers me that people do this with their kids. [/quote]

"e-bike injuries were far more serious than those sustained on conventional bikes. Maa says they were more like what’s seen in motorcycle crashes. A pelvic fracture, for example, was uncommon on a pedal bicycle — only about 6 percent of conventional cycling injuries. For e-bike crashes, though, it was 25 percent.

The most alarming difference was the fatality rate. “On a pedal bike, the chance of dying from an injury is about three-tenths of 1 percent,” Alfrey says. On an e-bike, the data indicated, it was 11 percent."

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

“e-bikes” = a broad category. I won’t argue that biking is the safest mode of transport in this city — not by a long shot. But the majority of e-bikes that parents are using to tote their kids around town are on the safer, lower-speed end of the e-bike spectrum. Most of the horror stories cited in that article are concerning e-motos. [/quote]

I don't disagree with you but would still die a outage the kind of longer daily commute in cross town traffic OP is suggesting. I *love* my e-bike and it's great for my solo trips and short trips with my kid on the back. But contrary to another poster on here, I have had experiences on my bike that made me nervous about it. There are two major streets near me that I will not take my kid with me on my bike because of the behavior of drivers I've witnessed. I avoid them when I'm on my own too, but will make a judgment call based on time of day.

I actually think OP should get the ebike regardless, and use it for Garrison or John Lewis. Short, close commutes and she'll be able to combine those school runs with other errands, plus the e-assist will be especially useful for the uphill climb back from garrison. I'd just put my foot down to the DH about ITDS -- he's getting pie in the sky about school choice because it's not real to him yet but they have much better options.[/quote]

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