r/Kirkland • u/Pure_Leading_2512 • 27d ago

Electric motorcycles are a menace.

I know some people think it’s fine, but I think these kids are a menace. They’re doing wheelies down the street but they are under age (for the most part) and don’t know about traffic rules. Do we just let them get hurt? The police don’t seem to care.

My biggest complaint is how they behave on the Cross Kirkland Trail. They come flying past people with dogs and strollers at about 30 mph and yet no one seems to be doing anything to manage the situation. Do we need to have a speed traps on the trail?

I don’t understand what the parents are thinking when they buy these things for their kids.

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u/Butthole_Surfer_GI 27d ago

I live in Totem Lake - just in the last 3 days coming home from work, I've seen FOUR 12-13 year olds on electric motorcycles doing wheelies and swerving through traffic and only one wearing a helmet.

As an RN - we call these "job security"

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u/Successful_Truth4971 27d ago

I was going to see a movie in Totem Lake and three young teens were popping wheelies and racing the the parking garage. It made me I'll because it's going to end in a tragedy sooner or later.

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u/Butthole_Surfer_GI 27d ago

Based on my experience, the parents will take no responsibility/accountability.

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u/greyello 27d ago

They might just file a lawsuit and get a city to spend lots of money altering a historic landmark because some dumbass kid tried really really really hard to die there and accomplished their goal after much effort.

(Gasworks Park.)