09-15-2025, 10:43 PM
In Utah, E-Bikes (that don't need to be registered) must have pedals, a motor no bigger than 750 watts and a top speed of under 20 mph with the magic button at full throttle. As we all know, there are many vehicles on the road that don't meet this requirement. I have groups of youngsters on high powered dirt bikes (6000-20,000 watt motors, no pedals and speeds in excess of 55 mph) popping wheelies up the street at speeds well in excess of 50 MPH on my 25 MPH street on a daily basis and there is no enforcement whatsoever! I feel your pain on the tube situation. At a ramp preparing your tube to launch you are a sitting duck for the park ranger to write a ticket but these herds of kids get away scott free in the city because there is no enforcement at all that I've seen, at least in Provo. I do feel a little hypocritical since I was doing the same thing on my dirt bike 50 years ago but now I'm the ornery old fart wishing I could employ a shotgun with rocksalt loads to slow them down a little. We do have laws for these electric toys but I don't think there is much enforcement.