Clive joins metro-wide push to regulate e-bikes and e-motos as injuries rise

Clive joins metro-wide push to regulate e-bikes and e-motos as injuries rise

Some e-motos can now reach highway speeds. Metro area police say they're seeing more serious crashes involving the vehicles. Now, cities across central Iowa are rewriting the rules for e-bikes, e-scooters and e-motos.

E-bike, e-moto rules advance across Des Moines metro

As electric bikes, scooters and high-powered “e-motos” become increasingly common across central Iowa, metro cities are moving to update local ordinances in an effort to improve safety on trails, sidewalks and streets.The effort comes as police report more crashes involving the devices.”Last year we had three crashes that involved an e-bike,” Clive police Chief Mark [...]