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A Minnesota bike safety group wants state leaders to crack down on electric motorcycles and mopeds being marketed as e-bikes.
The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota sent a letter this week to Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison and the Departments of Health, Commerce and Transportation.
“This is a rapidly developing issue,” said Michael Wojcik, executive director of the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota.
Wojcik said some dangerous and illegal devices are being confused with e-bikes as their popularity grows.
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“The biggest issues we’re talking about really is the online retailers, in particular international ones,” Wojcik ...
