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And so I don't know, for the manufacturers that do make bikes for kids, if their intention is to try to add more safety elements because as I see it now, there are no e-bikes designed for children. Because in reality, these manufacturers don't want children on e-bikes. And again, I'm referring to children, the ages of eight to 16. Now, a 15-year-old is going to be much better equipped to operate an e-bike obviously than an eight-year-old or a nine-year-old or a 10-year-old, but it still is going to have safety concerns regardless of the age, right? So the number one thing as a parent, if you're going to let your child ride an electric bike, is to take the time to educate them. Take the time to, number one, explain the rules of the road, and walk them through. Now, I know this is going to be difficult for an eight-, nine-, or 10-year-old to have the attention span to do this. In my opinion, if they can't learn the rules of the road, they can't operate an e-bike.

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And I see so many children right now riding in the middle of streets, turning on busy streets, riding in the middle of a street that's 40 miles an hour. And there are certain elements that they need to understand: if there's a bike lane, they have to go in the bike lane. If they can't keep up with the speed of traffic, you can't ride in the middle of traffic. There are certain things about going through red lights, turning on yellows, and the way you stop at signs. If you're a bike on the street, you're a car, right? You need to stop at signs. So there are things that you need to spend time on. Perhaps there are some online courses you could administer to them or sit with them and walk them through. I would just say that's a very, very important thing if you want to do that.

Number two, if you're going to put them on an e-bike, spend time with them in a parking lot teaching them, and educating them. Don't throw them on an electric bike and hope that they're going to operate it. Watch them, learn with them, ride with them. Make sure you're witnessing them, and operating them in a safe manner. Watch how they go up curbs. Watch how they use the throttle. Watch how they use the pedal assist. Now, there's no government-mandated training for electric bikes, but as an adult, we can watch other riders and say, "That's not safe." Or "He's not operating that safely." Or "You know, that's stupid. Don't do that," right? Now, I'm not saying that to your child, but we'd be thinking in our head that it's a bad decision to turn left into an opposite incoming traffic or whatever it may be. So yeah, I think it's important. Ride with them, educate with them. Take it slow, right? Don't wrap up an electric bike, put it under the Christmas tree and all of a sudden say, "Cool. You're off and running. Go do whatever you want," right?

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