After seeing a surge in reckless riders, Galt police said they will now be citing riders and towing bikes that don't fall under the standard three classes of electric bikes, which offer either pedal- or throttle-assist up to certain speeds.
"We certainly do receive complaints — not about people riding e-bikes, but about people riding e-bikes in unsafe, illegal and dangerous ways, disobeying traffic laws, running red lights, stop signs, cutting through traffic," said Corporal Greg Steele with Galt police.
An e-bike without pedals makes it more of an electric motorcycle than a bike, something police say they're seeing more of as those kinds become more accessible and less expensive.
Galt police spent the last six months on an education campaign, mostly geared toward youth.
Now, they're in the enforcement phase. If officers catch you on an illegal e-bike or riding unsafely on one, you can expect to be cited and have it towed away.
Dennison is an avid e-bike rider. He rides his through town and even to the grocery store, but lately, he's been nervous about other e-bike riders.
"They'll swerve left and right, just not being good drivers, basically," Dennison said. "The biggest part that I see is for electric motorcycles. You don't pedal, you just go, and some of them are very fast."
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