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Speaker 1: Between a fatal crash with a young teen in Stoneham

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Speaker 1: and numerous e bike incidents across the Commonwealth this year.

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Speaker 2: And I think they're great as transportation, They're great for

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Speaker 2: getting around quickly. I don't really like them for kids.

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Speaker 1: Marblehead Traffic Safe the Advisory Committee is recommending parents keep

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Speaker 1: e bikes out of the hands of kids this Christmas.

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Speaker 1: Dan Schuman is owner of Marblehead Cycle. He agrees with

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Speaker 1: the committee and says since bike paths and roads go

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Speaker 1: through multiple cities and towns, this is a state issue.

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Speaker 2: Driver's head or something, some sort of permitting should be

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Speaker 2: required for kids if they're going to ride them and

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Speaker 2: continue to ride them.

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Speaker 1: We're awaiting a report from the Commonwealth Special Commission on

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Speaker 1: Micro Mobility with potential guidelines on how the state should

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Speaker 1: regulate e bike usage, with perhaps a license required to

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Speaker 1: ride e bikes. And Marblehead Jawill m b BZ, Boston's

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Speaker 1: news radio