Teenage Electric Bike Gangs Invade Encinitas
They’ve been called Little Wild Ones and Hell’s Angelitos. They’re teenagers on electric bikes!
Colorfully garbed and accessorized, gender and racially diverse, the unruly teenage electric bike gangs are recklessly roving Encinitas, disregarding stop signs, traffic signals, lane stripes and rules of the road.
The young rebels without a cause endanger pedestrians and traditional bicyclists, including the Spandex crowd. They thumb their snotty noses at cars, trucks and golf carts. They exceed sharrows and speed the wrong way on one-way streets.
Using alleys, driveways, backyards and little-known trails, the teenage misfits evade sheriff’s deputies and well-intentioned local vigilantes.
Lawlessness is not unknown in Encinitas, but it has never risen with such speed to such heights. Seemingly overnight, teenage electric bike gangs have taken over the city.
“Not my little darlings,” said Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear. “My kids always colored within the lines, and that habit has transferred to their bicycling. I can’t account for irresponsible parents who let their kids run wild. I suggest residents voice their concerns to sheriff’s Captain Herbert Taft. Helicopter patrols and drone strikes could be in order.”
Decent, law-abiding citizens probably still outnumber teenage electric bike gang members. To regain control by suppressing lawless bicycling, those citizens can model their biking behavior on this city-produced video:
