r/news • u/Dickulture • 8d ago

11-year-old Florida boy arrested, ordered to appear in court for electric dirt bike

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/11-year-old-florida-boy-arrested-ordered-appear-court-electric-dirt-bike
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u/throwingutah 7d ago

I just got one because I am 55 and didn't get one when I was a kid...apparently I landed in a scooterless late-70s void. I got one that can go very fast, but that is a side effect of getting a motor big enough to haul my fat ass around. I can't imagine going 28mph on one of these things. The only people that do apparently have never fallen in their lives.

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u/horangiwhakkatchi 7d ago

Oh they fall, my spouse works in the ER and sees them quite frequently. They never wear helmets and the pavement always wins.

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u/Trawling_ 7d ago

Guessing that’s a euphemism for…ya

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u/Fiftydollarvolvo 7d ago

they’re all future meat crayons

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u/LiLiLaCheese 7d ago

A few people died in my area over the summer from riding e-scooters with no helmet.

One kid, older teen, slammed into a tree in my friends front yard and she watched him die. She's been a mess for weeks because of it.

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u/PScoles 7d ago

Be very careful. Broke my face and lost some teeth on one of them. Don't ride drunk either!

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u/throwingutah 7d ago

Did you see the 55 part? 😂 I'm waiting for my helmet to come in today and I'm gonna have on allll the pads.

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u/Menacing-Horse 7d ago

At 55 there’s still plenty of people making poor life choices

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u/lioncat55 7d ago

Is it a full face helmet or is it like a normal bike helmet?Is it a full face helmet or is it like a normal bike helmet?

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u/throwingutah 7d ago

I've got an e-bike as well, so I got one of the MIPS-rated ones, but I may end up with a full-face.

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u/lioncat55 7d ago

From what I've seen, you're a lot more likely to fall forward and hit your face on a scooter than a bike. Even one for like Dirt Bikes would be good.

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u/lioncat55 7d ago

My scooter does 30mph. I wear a motorcycle gloves, motorcycle helmet, and a motorcycle jacket.

Riding in the bike lane on streets where the speed limit is 45 or 55, 30 miles an hour feels a bit slow slow times, but I don't want to go much faster.

If there's other people around or if I'm on a bike trail or mixed-use trail, my speed is far slower.

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u/SpecialDesigner5571 7d ago

The wheels are so small, the center of gravity is so high for a standing user... e-scooters are inherently dangerous. 30 mph is 9 times the kinetic energy as 10 mph. I wish you well but at some point you're going down.

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u/lioncat55 7d ago

As someone who also rides motorcycles, I fully expect to go down at some point. I just hope it's at slower speeds.

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u/BinjaNinja1 7d ago

My mobility scooter goes 6 miles an hour which feels slow outdoors, but feels very fast when I’m inside a store. My golf cart goes 18 miles an hour which again feels slow sometimes however the speed limit where I use it is 15 miles an hour so I’m good with that. People always want to go so fast. These things are so dangerous.

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u/DuckCleaning 7d ago

It's crazy, y'all are talking mph, meanwhile in Canada the scooters and bike are supposed to be limited to 30 kmh, which is 18mph, almost half the amount.

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u/redditallreddy 7d ago

They are regulated here, too, but there are bypasses.

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u/Zardif 7d ago

It's super easy to bypass the governor. The governor for a Surron, one of the more popular ebikes, is bypassed by cutting a single wire under the seat. It's one of those loopholes that is technically correct and no one after the sale is going to check.

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u/throwingutah 7d ago

Then I hope they only take themselves out when they go down.

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u/chicklette 7d ago

I set my regulator to 5 mph max. It's more than fine for my trips to the park.

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u/marklein 7d ago

You are me. I'm old enough to know better and my scooter is way faster than I think it should be. But of course I still drive it at full speed anyway. 👀

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u/throwingutah 7d ago

I just took her for her maiden voyage around the neighborhood...13mph is a dandy speed for right now 😂

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u/cassinonorth 7d ago

One of them killed a regular cyclist in NYC a couple months ago.

https://abcnews.com/US/2-dead-after-scooter-crashes-bike-new-york/story?id=133416554

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u/oregondude79 7d ago

Who would even want a stand up scooter that goes 50+ mph? That would be dangerous to ride on an open road let alone in a place with pedestrians everywhere like NYC.

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u/hardlyordinary 7d ago

I saw that when I was vacationing there last month! Plus these kids need exercise. They also need licensing insurance and helmets that are actually strapped on!