{"id":285295,"date":"2025-11-15T03:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/285295\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T03:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:06:08","slug":"e-bike-crackdown-welcomed-by-bicycle-queensland-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/285295\/","title":{"rendered":"E-bike crackdown welcomed by Bicycle Queensland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two days later, on November 1, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/link\/follow-20170101-p5n6yc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a 15-year-old boy died<\/a> after crashing a Surron Ultra Bee electric dirt bike on Broadbeach Boulevard on the Gold Coast just after 3am. That bike retailed for about $10,000 and had a top speed of 95km\/h.<\/p>\n<p>To be used in public, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qld.gov.au\/transport\/safety\/rules\/wheeled-devices\/electric-bicycle-rules\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">e-bikes<\/a> must be predominantly pedal-powered, with a small electric motor providing assistance only, up to 250 watts, and the motor must cut out at 25km\/h.<\/p>\n<p>Burke said the use of fair trading powers to crack down on illegal bikes was a key suggestion in Bicycle Queensland\u2019s submission to the state\u2019s parliamentary inquiry into e-mobility safety and use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased that the government has moved on this, but further action may well be needed to stop retailers selling illegal e-motorbikes \u2018for use on private property only\u2019, with a nod and a wink, knowing full well customers are buying them for use on-road and in public spaces,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On the policing front, South Brisbane District Inspector Mat Kelly said Operation X-ray Surety officers had caught too many people riding non-compliant devices.<\/p>\n<p>Loading<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge riders, or parents who have already bought their child a device, to check whether it is compliant. Don\u2019t just assume,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCheck where you can ride it. Some devices may only be permitted to be driven on private property not public spaces, such as council parks, footpaths or roads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the responsibility of riders and parents to know the rules surrounding these devices. Ignorance is not an excuse when public safety is put at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burke said despite these developments, more needed to be done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe now look to the Commonwealth government to reintroduce appropriate import restrictions and ensure illegal e-motorbikes can\u2019t so easily enter Australia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will help cut the problem off at the source and stop the deaths we\u2019re seeing in Queensland spreading interstate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Start the day with a summary of the day\u2019s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. <a href=\"https:\/\/login.myfairfax.com.au\/signup_newsletter\/10126?channel_key=7SMsQ6jjgIqPyo9XFzdzWg&amp;callback_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.brisbanetimes.com.au\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for our Morning Edition newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two days later, on November 1, a 15-year-old boy died after crashing a Surron Ultra Bee electric dirt&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-285295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}