Woman chased teen on e-bike to 'speak with his parents' for going too fast, Flagler deputies say

[fooferdoggie]

got to love florida. I have seen way to many motorcycles,mopeds and cars on the bike paths.

A 911 call said that the woman, 65-year-old Julia Kalthof, was chasing the teenager on the e-bike on the Pine Lake Path used for bicycles and pedestrians. The 911 caller said they had cut off Kalthof's vehicle in order to prevent her from continuing to chase the teenager.

Deputies responded to the scene, where the caller said that he noticed the teenager attempt to flag down passing motorists as Kalthof's SUV was 6-10 feet behind him, according to a news release from FCSO.

"I swerved over and onto the road, and I waved someone down, but they later kept driving," Ellis said. "And another witness had stayed, and he helped me out. That was the witness that cut her off and let me go."

The identity of the teenager was originally unknown, as he had left the scene by the time deputies responded.

Woman chased teen on e-bike to 'speak with his parents' for going too fast, Flagler deputies say

"It was really scary because I look back at the headlights and, like, that's not supposed to be there," Gaige Ellis, the 14-year-old boy told WESH 2

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[Slaphappygamer]

Well, no one is enforcing these kids on emotos. With all the s*it drivers out there, his will sadly continue to happen.

Yesterday, there was an adult on a motorcycle behind me, driving in the bike lane to get around the backed up traffic. For about 200 feet. He wasn’t chasing me though and kept a good distance behind me. It is a bike, right?

 

[spokewrench]

The boy claimed the woman chasing him was 6 feet behind him. Then how did a motorist cut her off without a collision? Video shows him cutting across the walk path, then she comes along and turns so they can talk, driver's window to driver's window.

The boy was anonymous until he showed his mama his video.

He rode a Macfox, a fat-tire bike advertised to do wheelies and rule the street in style. It has a throttle and an advertised speed of 25 mph with no mention of class, so his mama may have turned him loose on an illegal bike.

His news interview was edited to give different accounts of what happened. Right after he left a gated community, a woman pulled along side and shouted at him. He said he ignored her because he was listening to his headphones. Is that what they mean by ruling the street in style?

Arriving at an intersection ahead of him, she parked across his path. He took to the walking path. She followed. He said he got scared, but he wasn't too scared to turn his head clear around, more than once, to film her with his Go-pro. She's well back and not going fast enough to endanger anyone they might encounter. He said that on a grassy area, she went around him and again parked across his path. He still didn't stop.

The woman was charged with serious crimes, but the police chief didn't criticize her. He said e-bikes shouldn't be allowed on sidewalks or paths, only on the street, and they should be subject to the rules of the road. He said e-bikers cross roads without even slowing.

In the Go-pro video, twice, he crossed roads without looking up. He was watching the pavement just in front of his wheel, where his headlight was aimed, because the stripes of the crosswalk would zip past, making his superbike look especially fast. On the walk path, he also spent a lot of time looking down. I can't say she was driving unsafely, but he was.

The darling boy and his darling mama belong in jail.

 

[scottsdalecommuter]

weird story, seems like there should be some bollards in place preventing cars from entering bike paths, we had a lawsuit locally over a similar situation where a drunk driver drove on bike path and killed someone, city got sued for not having concrete ballards in place to prevent cars from path. they are there now.

i would also add it's easy to complain about teens on e-bikes but it seems a lot of the public would prefer they stay home and play video games and eat cheetos and sroll their phones in the basement and stay out of the way, not sure that will turn out well long-term. i'm ok if they are a bit reckless out in public as teens have been forever.