By JOSH FRIEDMAN
San Luis Obispo police are searching for a bike rider who fled from a traffic stop on Broad Street.
The police department is circulating an image of a male who appears to be riding an electric bicycle. Officers are asking the public for assistance with identifying the suspect.
Investigators ask that anyone who recognizes the person call Officer Keller at (805) 594-8051.
Despite the ‘pedals’, it’s a full-on electric motorcycle, not an ebike and needs to be licensed/insured. It’s called a Sur-On. They can go very fast – 50-60mph. It’s an electric dirt bike with instant torque and can be a total menace if an idiot is in the seat. Hope they catch this punk.
Can you imagine, you are the Mom or Dad, sitting down to read the real news, and seeing a pic of your high school kid being “WANTED” by the police?? Geese!
The kid is riding a fast electric motorcycle, not a lowly ebike. It will do 50-60mph with instant torque – will smoke the tires…so yes, can easily imagine a punk getting arrested for being an idiot
Electric bikes don’t belong on sidewalks . It will take somebody dying .
Itvs not a bike, it’s a full-on motorcycle. The never-used ‘pedals’ are just a way of trying to skirt the law.
“All units in the area, be advised for suspect Pee Wee Herman on an electric bike. Suspect may be armed with a bag of Sour Patch candy.”
Pee Wee was sighted on KSBY doing the weather.
Watch some of the videos on YouTube, some of those bicycles do 70mph, and unless they crash or run out of juice, they cannot catch them. I’m pretty sure they are going to start robbing banks and stores and such, because they are very, very fast. I want one.
Maybe Howard Wolowitz from TBBT?
That is a motorbike, a bike driven by a motor, a motorized bike.
It’s not a motorized bike. It’s a full-on motorcycle that they added ‘pedals’ to attempt to skirt licensing/insurance requirements – it’s illegal to use on public roads.
You’re parsing words Coastal, and making my point over and over, it is NOT a pedaled bike as the headline implies.
“Searching”, my not be appropriate in this context, waiting fits better.
SLOPD got burned by a guy on a bike!
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