NJ requiring eBike registration, insurance

MichaelBluejay · 2026-01-12 13:04:56

https://www.nj.com/news/2026/01/nj-e-bi … omers.html

Discuss.

chavela · 2026-01-13 16:55:18

Bikes that go over 20 mph--it does seem they need and deserve different treatment, including especially a way to rein in (hold accountable) "riders"--really, drivers--of those vehicles. But getting insurance involved seems like a guaranteed way to screw...someone. I am not clear on what the current Texas law is, and whether bikes going over 20 mph are held to a different standard.

MichaelBluejay · 2026-01-14 00:58:05

In 2000 councilmember Spelman sponsored a successful resolution which lifted the ban on eBikes using bike lanes in Austin. eBikes were only barely becoming a thing back then.

Austin used to require licensing and registration for even NON-motorized bicycles, from 1954-1980. Until you read this just now, I was likely the only person on the planet who knew that. I just dug it up from old City documents (which are not on the Internet).

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