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Police Warn Of Kids Illegally Operating Electric Bikes, Scooters, Cycles In Fairfield County
Police in one Fairfield County town are warning parents that more kids are driving electric bikes, scooters, and cycles illegally on roadways.
What most don't realize, police say, is that you have to have a valid driver's license to operate the vehicles on roadways under state law, according to the Greenwich Police Department.
And sidewalks are roadways, police say.
The law defines motor-driven cycles as motor scooters, mopeds, or motorbikes with an engine size of fewer than 50 ccs, and a seat height of at least 26 inches, police said.
Mini-motorcycles (pocket bikes) are not motor-d…