Redondo & Hermosa require MS+HS students to complete a 2 hour ebike safety course in order to get a sticker that allows them to park bikes at MS/HS. Younger kids aren't allowed to ride ebikes to school. Their bikes are inspected (no illegal mods or class 3 allowed), brake check, helmet fitted

Kids are riding much more responsibly since the program began. Police say that the egregiously bad ebike riders and drivers (that they stop) are 18+

I believe this, but I still see a lot of teens who don't have helmets and don't seem have a good sense of the rules of the road.

I believe you, and I also think everyone is better served by these individuals riding bikes instead of driving cars

I agree, I'm just not sure middle schoolers on e-bikes that go 20-25 mph is the same as "individuals riding bikes". It's more like unlicensed teens riding motorcycles.

In California, Middle schoolers cannot ride ebikes that go faster than 19 mph and minors are required to wear helmets on all bikes (motorized or not). If they illegally modified their ebikes, the ebikes are confiscated. Our community is serious about kids being autonomous and responsible

That is not what I've seen in my corner of the south bay. Just becuse they're required to wear helmets doesn't mean they do. (Many parents don't even require their kids to wear helmets on regular bikes.)