Some Poway Unified School District parents describe before and after school pickup as a circus. They say it’s earned the name partially because of the traffic but also because of the e-bikes and the way some kids ride them.
“They’re zooming,” parent Laura Haver said. “They’re like popping wheelies, racing … but they’re going through this huge crowd of kids.”
Parents and administrators are on the same page about e-bikes being all the rage.
“They were nowhere, and now they’re everywhere,” interim PUSD Superintendent Greg Mizel said, adding that they’re similar to a motorcycle in function but also injuries. “There’s more pelvic fractures. Pelvic fractures are more common in motorcycle accidents. They’re not so common in bicycle accidents, so these are different.”
Trauma specialists at Rady Children’s Hospital report e-bike injuries are the most common ones they treat.
Starting next month, Poway Unified will hold free mandatory safety classes for student riders and a parent …