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Amazon has halted California sales of e-bikes that don\u2019t adhere to state law following a number of fatal collisions and a consumer alert by the state\u2019s attorney general last month.<\/p>\n

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The company\u2019s decision comes after the Orange County District Attorney\u2019s Office in recent months filed charges against a Yorba Linda father and an Aliso Viejo mother for allegedly being complicit in their kids\u2019 reckless behavior on e-motorcycles, leading to serious, and in one case fatal, crashes.<\/p>\n

In both cases, the teenagers were riding illegal electric motorcycles, with a top speed higher than the 20 mph limit for Class 1 and Class 2 e-bikes and the 28 mph limit for Class 3 e-bikes, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

Amazon\u2019s decision comes just after 13-year-old Benson Nguyen of Santa Ana died after a crash while riding an electric motorcycle at about 35 mph in Garden Grove, police said.<\/p>\n

Electric motorcycles, or e-motos, are often mistaken as e-bikes.<\/p>\n

Attorney General Rob Bonta\u2019s consumer alert was issued in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes, what looks like an e-bike or is marketed as an e-bike is not a bike at all,\u201d Bonta said in a statement. \u201cWe are seeing a surge of safety incidents on our sidewalks, parks and streets. Bike riders and parents: If your or your teen\u2019s electric two-wheeled vehicle goes too fast, it might be a motorcycle or a moped \u2014 not an e-bike.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amazon\u2019s announcement was first reported by KCRA after the Sacramento news station contacted the company, the station reported.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA search on Amazon revealed numerous e-bikes advertised with speeds over 40 miles per hour,\u201d the station said. \u201cThe company said it has removed the examples provided and is investigating compliance for similar products.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement to the Southern California News Group on Monday, May 11, Amazon said it requires all products offered in its store to comply with applicable laws, regulations and Amazon policies and that it was in the process of removing e-bike listings that don\u2019t comply with the state\u2019s speed-limit regulations.<\/p>\n

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On Sunday morning, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer also weighed in on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore than 100 deaths across the United States have resulted from e-bike and e-motorcycle crashes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The announcement comes as lawmakers and law enforcement continue to try to find ways to regulate e-bikes, some of which have been altered by riders to exceed the speeds allowed by law, making them potentially more dangerous.<\/p>\n

In the Yorba Linda case, a 39-year-old man faces charges alleging he was involved in modifying his son\u2019s e-motorcycle, allowing it to reach speeds upward of 60 mph, prosecutors said. The boy had previously had the e-motorcycle impounded by law enforcement and he and his father attended an e-bike safety course, authorities have said. Six months later, the boy allegedly ran a red light while on the e-motorcycle and was hit by a car, causing serious injuries.<\/p>\n

In Aliso Viejo, Tommi Jo Mejer, 50, allegedly admitted to law enforcement that she had previously been warned about the dangers of allowing her son to ride an e-motorcycle and continued to let him ride, leading to a crash that killed 81-year-old Ed Ashman, a Vietnam war veteran and El Toro High School substitute teacher.<\/p>\n

Mejer has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, among others. Her son was arrested but, because of his age, it is unclear if he was charged with any crime.<\/p>\n

While e-bikes are legal in California as long as they comply with state law, off-road electric motorcycles, which are equipped with pegs instead of pedals, are not legal to ride on public roadways.<\/p>\n

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