36 Handles Closes, Pawtoberfest’s Wienermobile & E-Motorbike Questions Surface 🤔

36 Handles Public House Announces Final Pour
The longtime tap house will close Saturday after months of financial challenges and efforts to reorganize. Read more →

Lembi Park Plan Keeps Basketball and Adds Pickleball
Folsom residents overwhelmingly backed a $1.6 million plan to preserve basketball while adding four pickleball courts. Read more →

Pumpkin Patch Trains Return for a Fall Family Ride
Families can ride a historic excursion train, pick pumpkins, and explore El Dorado County’s railroad history. Read more →

Wienermobile Rolls Into Pawtoberfest This Sunday
The 27-foot Oscar Mayer icon joins Folsom’s dog-friendly celebration supporting Hearts 4 Heroes USA. Read more →

Murder Suspect Arrested in Folsom Days Before Deadly Shootout
Derek Spencer was arrested in Folsom before authorities linked him to a fatal Iowa Hill crime spree. Read more →

Car Crashes Into Cameron Park Hair Salon
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On September 10, Folsom police cited three juveniles and towed their electric motorcycles after a targeted enforcement operation near Prospector Park. The department said the operation followed several community complaints about dangerous riding in and around the park. That is the department's account; the questions below are ours.

It's not an isolated moment. Just days earlier, teens in Roseville were cited for riding e-motorbikes through the Galleria, part of a pattern showing up across the region as more of these machines end up in the hands of young riders faster than local rules, signage, and enforcement seem to be keeping up with them.

What the Folsom account supports is narrower than the debate around it. It describes one enforcement operation on one date and points to prior complaints. It does not establish how the rules are applied citywide, whether signage or route options are adequate, or what families and riders actually understand about the current limits on e-motorcycles specifically, as opposed to e-bikes or scooters, which often fall under different rules entirely. We are not going to fill those gaps with guesses, and we are not handing out legal advice; the city and the police department are the places to confirm what applies to a specific machine.

We are not restating the rules for each machine class this week because we could not verify a current city source for them, so we are asking readers instead. Where do you ride or walk, and how is it going? Have you tried to look up what's allowed for an e-motorcycle specifically and found the answer quickly, or not at all? If you are a parent, what did you check before one of these arrived at your house? If you ride one, which signs or rules actually reach you? And if you are a young rider, what would make the rules easy to find and follow?

The question is simple: with incidents like these popping up in more than one nearby city, what would help most—clearer rules specific to e-motorcycles, better signage, safe places to ride, or something we haven't thought of yet?

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