Letters to the Editor 4-27-23
E-bike tipping point Dear ER: I had just returned from the desert Sunday, and was working in my garage when I heard yelling and screaming. When I peered out, several males on e-bikes with full masks turned onto 19th Court doing 30 to 35 miles an hour. I was appalled at the speed. They were chasing a single e-bike rider, running for his life. He didn’t even bother to stop on Hermosa Avenue. The tandem with masks that were chasing him almost got hit by a car on Hermosa Ave. When they turned around and started back west, I stepped into the alley and had my hands up yelling at them to stop. I read them the riot act about almost getting their asses killed on Hermosa Avenue. All along I’m wondering, Why do they have their face mask on and their heads covered. I reminded them that the person that would have hit them, and possibly killed them — that the memory would live with them forever. And what about their parents, mourning the loss of their children. Luckily, they left passively. Later, I heard fighting up on The Strand. A neighbor jumped in to stop the fight. And mind you, this went on for over two hours. I went down to speak to the local kids, probably 12 e-bikes, some of them…
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