Talon
10 W
I had an idiot up at Starbucks call the police on me yesterday. When the 2 Michigan police officers arrived, he ran out in the parking lot to greet them and tell them that my electric bike is illegal to be driven on the sidewalk because it does not have "pedals" on it and that and that I should get a ticket for it. The two local police officers, one being a Sergeant came up to me and told me that my URB-E electric bike is illegal to drive on the streets and sidewalks and how am I supposed to get it home? I told him that I would walk it home that is only 2 blocks away. He then told me that if he saw me riding it, he would confiscate the bike. Here is the problem....... The state laws on electric bikes have really loosend up in Michigan in January 2018 and was signed by the Governor of Michigan. Instead of arguing with him, I just kept my mouth shut to not cause a scene and disrespecting the Sergeant and just walked the bike 1 block away, then rode it the rest of the way home in my city subdivision. The Sergeant was totally incorrect about the newer law that went in effect 1 1/2 years ago I have driven my URB-E daily for the last 2 1/2 years in the same downtown city with never a single problem from local law enforcement and have even talked to the same police department while sitting on my electric bike in the same city. The problem is that the Sergeant is not up to the newer state of Michigan law's on electric bikes and eventually I will be running into him again in the near future. I went and researched Michigan laws and I am 100% correct that my bike is in fact legal to drive on the roads, shoulders, and sidewalks. My URB-E is a Class 2 electric bike. I went and printed out the newer law from the internet and keep a copy in my pocket when I ride. Any other advice and suggestions from anyone here on this forum would be greatly appreciated. I don't want to have my electric bike confiscated for NO illegal reason because the Sergeant is not up to date on the newer laws about electric bikes in my state of Michigan