The great e-bike crackdown has begun

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How it started

Last week, I did something I don't typically do, which is call up one of my elected officials and yell at them about a new bill.

New Jersey's car-brained lawmakers had just passed legislation that would impose heavy restrictions on e-bike ownership in the state...