A growing number of crashes involving E-bikes in the area has prompted law enforcement to call attention to the laws regarding the bikes.<\/p>\n
“Riding in a bike lane when they’re available, stop at all stop signs, and obey all traffic lights, and you can’t weave in and out of traffic, or go the opposite direction of traffic, and you have to walk your E-bike if you are crossing a sidewalk, or using a crosswalk, you cannot drive an E-bike in a crosswalk,” said Reno Police Chief Kathryn Nance.<\/p>\n
Police warn that riding at fast\u00a0speeds and in high-traffic zones will likely cause severe collisions.<\/p>\n
“So, you can have an electric bike, that’s fine, but you must follow all the rules of the road pertaining to bicycles,” said Nance. “That means that all bike laws that are in existence, in the state of Nevada and in the city of Reno, must be adhered to by people riding these bikes.”<\/p>\n
Riders, per Nevada state law, are required to have their E-bikes registered, possess a valid driver’s license and a current license plate, with all necessary safety equipment to be street legal.<\/p>\n
This includes break lights, mirrors, and helmets.<\/p>\n
They operate like a vehicle and are banned from riding in parks, on sidewalks and bike lanes.\u00a0 Essentially, E-bikes are moving vehicles that are operated like a car or motorcycle.<\/p>\n
While the E-bike trend has skyrocketed, authorities say the number of crashes is spiking throughout our community.<\/p>\n
According to officials, 26 collisions involving either an E-bike, illegal motorcycle, or street bike were recorded during the first seven months of 2025.<\/p>\n
Police received 181 calls, confirmed 96 reports, issued 50 citations and arrested six people for reckless driving on an E-bike.<\/p>\n
The goal is to keep both riders and drivers safe, stay cautious, make good choices and enjoy riding while avoiding serious injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A growing number of crashes involving E-bikes in the area has prompted law enforcement to call attention to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[22492,22490,1163,49,48,635,18654,44339,22489,22493,22488,14609,22494,44341,44340,44345,44342,82,44344,1890,44343,2882,44347,44346,44348,16085],"class_list":["post-70896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-adventure-travel","tag-aerobic-exercise","tag-bicycle","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-driving","tag-electric-bicycle","tag-human-powered-transport","tag-land-transport","tag-micromobility","tag-motorcycle","tag-outdoor-recreation","tag-pedestrian-crossing","tag-road-safety","tag-road-transport","tag-sidewalk","tag-sports","tag-sustainable-transport","tag-traffic","tag-traffic-law","tag-transport","tag-transport-infrastructure","tag-transport-safety","tag-transportation-engineering","tag-vehicles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}