A new hidden camera investigation by Marketplace shows how some stores are selling e-scooters and e-bikes with top speeds much higher than provincial speed limits and with recommended rider ages younger than provincial regulations allow.

  • yessikg@fedia.io
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    11 days ago

    8 states in the USA, and the rest are 16 year old minimum age… so very common in the USA for a teen to be driving big ass trucks

    • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Those are mostly empty states (New Mexico, the Dakotas, Montana and Idaho) and also mostly permits, often requiring a licensed adult in the car until at least 16.

      It’s still dangerous but not as ridiculous as you’re trying to make it sound.