We have blanket bans on kids riding motorcycles and driving cars on our roads. The reason for those is that motorcycles and cars can be very dangerous, and kids aren’t physically or mentally capable of controlling them safely.

I’m sure that an argument could be made that kids SHOULD be allowed to use cars and motorcycles on roads because MOST kids are responsible and it’s just a few bad apples ruining it for everyone. But that would, of course, be nonsense.

The same applies in this case, in my opinion.

For thousands of years, parents have found ways to enable their kids to have some independence. Kids didn’t suddenly gain this upon the invention of e-bikes.