Amazon Halts California Sales of E-Bikes Above 28 mph After Fatal Teen Crashes

6 articles · Updated · FOX 11 Los Angeles · May 11

Amazon said it will stop allowing sales in California of high-speed e-bikes that do not meet state legal requirements, citing its inability to verify buyers' age or licensing.
California classifies bikes above 28 mph with pedal assist or 20 mph with throttle assist as mopeds or motorcycles, requiring DMV registration, insurance and a motorcycle license.
Two recent Southern California deaths intensified scrutiny: a 13-year-old died last week in Garden Grove on a bike police said was not street legal, and an 81-year-old man died after a teen rider struck him in Lake Forest.
Orange County prosecutors have paired that crackdown with parental-liability cases, arresting 50-year-old Tommi Jo Mejer on felony involuntary manslaughter and other charges after a fatal hit-and-run involving her teenage son.

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