I know why kids are risking their lives on e-bikes – and what the friends of two dead boys told me changed everything I thought about banning them, writes mum-of-five JONICA BRAY
As a mother of four boys, teenagers riding e-bikes had become one of my biggest parenting fears. The following day, a number of their mates agreed to talk to me about their involvement in the growing illegal e-bike culture. That's actually being with their mates, but their logical brains are still developing, and they think it is about the e-bikes. We have already taken social media away and we are coming for e-bikes, but what are we replacing them with? Where are the safe spaces, the programs, the mentors, the fun that allows kids to be kids and gives these boys the same sense of belonging - without the danger?
Source: Daily Mail March 28, 2026 22:03 UTC
