Reason woman was fined more than $2,500 for riding an e-bike... and it could happen to anyone

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A woman has been slapped with more than $2,500 worth of fines for allegedly riding an electric bike with an unrestrained child.

The 42-year-old woman was doing the school run on Monday morning in Sydney’s south-west when she was stopped by officers from Liverpool Highway Patrol.

She received four separate fines totalling $2,575 after she was found breaching a number of offences.

Using an unregistered registrable Class A motor vehicle, being unlicensed, and using an uninsured motor vehicle on the road were among the offences.

Riding with a passenger under eight years old not in a sidecar was the other offence.

The 42-year-old Sydney woman was doing the school run on Monday morning when she was stopped by officers from Liverpool Highway Patrol.

NSW Police shared photographs of the incident on Facebook, warning the public about the dangers of riding e-bikes unsafely.

Some social media users commended the police for pulling the woman over.

‘These e-bikes are a vehicle, so many forget that,’ one wrote.

Meanwhile others called NSW a ‘nanny state’, saying the woman should have been shown leniency.

In November, Daily Mail Australia reported on renewed calls to allow cyclists of all ages to ride among pedestrians in NSW.

Under the current rules, children under 16 and adults accompanying them are permitted to ride on footpaths in NSW.

This means that children can ride on the footpath unless there is a ‘no bicycles’ sign, but older riders cannot unless they are supervising a younger person.

Similar rules also apply in Victoria where riders over the age of 13 must move to the road.

The heated debate was thrust back into the spotlight after Wollongong City Council, south of Sydney, officially proposed a statewide change this week.

If approved, adult cyclists will be able to share the footpath with pedestrians.

NSW Police posted about the incident on social media with a warning the public about the dangers of riding e-bikes unsafely.

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