Amazon halts sales of illegal high-speed ebikes in California after fatal accidents

Recent consumer alert on ebike safety laws says some vehicles should be classified as mopeds or motorcycles

Amazon said it plans to stop selling certain high-speed electric bicycles in California after a string of high-profile incidents and a consumer alert that the state attorney general issued last month.

In April an 81-year-old man in Orange county died after a teenager illegally riding an e-motorcycle struck him. The teen’s mother, Tommi Jo Mejer, has since been charged with involuntary manslaughter in Ed Ashman’s death as officials say she was warned it was illegal for her son to operate the vehicle.

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15 thoughts on “Amazon halts sales of illegal high-speed ebikes in California after fatal accidents

  1. Reading that it plans to stop selling certain high-speed electric bicycles in California after a string of high-profile incidents and a consumer alert that the state attorney general issued last month — hard to argue with the logic there.

  2. Reading that in April an 81-year-old man in Orange county died after a teenager illegally riding an e-motorcycle struck him — hard to argue with the logic there.

  3. So the bottom line is it plans to stop selling certain high-speed electric bicycles in California after a string of high-profile incidents and a consumer alert that the state attorney general issued last month. Wonder how this will land.

  4. The detail about it plans to stop selling certain high-speed electric bicycles in California after a string of high-profile incidents and a consumer alert that the state attorney general issued last month is something people should sit with.

  5. Considering it plans to stop selling certain high-speed electric bicycles in California after a string of high-profile incidents and a consumer alert that the state attorney general issued last month, it raises some real questions about what happens next.

  6. If it plans to stop selling certain high-speed electric bicycles in California after a string of high-profile incidents and a consumer alert that the state attorney general issued last month, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.

  7. It plans to stop selling certain high-speed electric bicycles in California after a string of high-profile incidents and a consumer alert that the state attorney general issued last month. Meanwhile in April an 81-year-old man in Orange county died after a teenager illegally riding an e-motorcycle struck him.

  8. Basically in April an 81-year-old man in Orange county died after a teenager illegally riding an e-motorcycle struck him. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.

  9. If in April an 81-year-old man in Orange county died after a teenager illegally riding an e-motorcycle struck him, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.

  10. When you look at it plans to stop selling certain high-speed electric bicycles in California after a string of high-profile incidents and a consumer alert that the state attorney general issued last month, the implications are hard to ignore.

  11. What stands out is in April an 81-year-old man in Orange county died after a teenager illegally riding an e-motorcycle struck him. That is the part worth paying attention to.

  12. So the bottom line is in April an 81-year-old man in Orange county died after a teenager illegally riding an e-motorcycle struck him. Wonder how this will land.

  13. In other words in April an 81-year-old man in Orange county died after a teenager illegally riding an e-motorcycle struck him. Curious to see how this develops.

  14. The fact that in April an 81-year-old man in Orange county died after a teenager illegally riding an e-motorcycle struck him really puts things into perspective.

  15. The fact that it plans to stop selling certain high-speed electric bicycles in California after a string of high-profile incidents and a consumer alert that the state attorney general issued last month really puts things into perspective.

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