Overview
- Two 13-year-old boys were critically injured after being struck while riding electric two-wheel vehicles on Telegraph Road on Sept. 8, and they remain hospitalized, officials said.
- The Bloomfield Township Board approved the six-month ban Monday that bars people under 16 from using e-bikes and e-scooters on sidewalks and township property to allow time for a fuller local ordinance.
- Enforcement lets officers seize devices used in violation and return them to parents, and residents may submit a written request for an exemption to the moratorium.
- Local police and Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard highlighted confusion over device types — including higher-powered 'e-motos' that are treated like motorcycles — and urged the Michigan Legislature to set clear class, age, and licensing rules.
- Officials say the moratorium is a stopgap that will shape a permanent local rule and could prompt state action on how different electric devices are classified, where they may be ridden, and what training or licenses are required.