I need an e-bike riding lawyer

[carey...@comcast.net]

Any lawyers out there who will volunteer to analyze the new e-bike law and give us an opinion?  I know it allows local governments to ban class 1 and 2 e-bikes from streets and highways, but it doesn’t mention class 3. I want to know if there is anything I’m missing. It did raise the age from 14 to 16 to ride a class 3 but that’s no big deal unless you’re 15.

 

Cities already had the authority to ban them from trails and class 3 were automatically banned from greenways (and still are). 

 

 

Brentwood has already done something about greenways, but I don’t think it was that drastic.  Franklin is (apparently) putting together some committee to study the issue. The bill came out of Williamson County.

 

https://www.brentwoodtn.gov/Service-Center/Parks-Recreation/Welcome-to-our-Parks/E-Bikes

 

Carey

 

(2)(A) A local government may regulate or prohibit, by resolution or ordinance, the

operation of a class 1 electric bicycle or class 2 electric bicycle on any part of a street

or highway where bicycles are authorized to travel within its jurisdiction, including any

part of a state highway, if the local government determines that the regulation or

prohibition is necessary, in the interest of public safety.