eBike Laws

eBikes are so new that virtually no litigators know how to legislate.  Hundreds of different types of ebikes are available. Setting laws to bicycle machines rather than by bicyclists are absurd. It will either cause harm to bicyclists or totally lead ignorants to good rules.

Nashville Parks is now trying to decide what to do with eBikes in Greenways. Carey Rogers said,

The Parks Board have not placed any bikes in the parks.  This led to a Mayor’s office meeting of “stakeholders” where they agreed to do a “study”.  They were also told about the law that was in effect for 5 years.  The truth is they have no authority to ban any e-bike. 

Walk/Bike Nashville and I intend to be part of the study and we’ll see how it goes. The only two things in the resolution council passed are for a review of peer cities, that all allow e-bikes on trails, and “public input”.