Marin IJ Readers’ Forum for Jan. 1, 2025

Marin leaders must keep pushing on e-bike safety

The recent Marin Voice commentary (“E-bikes are vehicles, not toys, so think before you buy one as a gift,” Dec. 16) by Marin Supervisor Mary Sackett and Dr. Nelson Branco spotlights the “throttle-powered e-wheels capable of providing power beyond 20 mph” as dangerous, illegal and not e-bikes, despite how they are labeled and advertised.

Driving home that point, a consumer fraud class action was filed recently in Marin Superior Court against Super73...