The Glencoe Village Board has enacted a series of regulations on e-scooters and e-bicycles, citing safety concerns with the increasingly popular transportation devices.

Village trustees unanimously approved a series of measures at an Aug. 20 meeting amid complaints from residents about their use – especially from minors – and reports of accidents in neighboring communities.

“They’re exciting, they’re fun, but they are very dangerous,” Public Safety Director Sean Loughran said at the meeting.

Loughran noted afterward he was only aware of one incident in the village itself, pointing to an accident involving an electric motorcycle capable of exceeding 60 miles per hour.

However, village officials wanted to introduce some new regulations, given overall safety concerns in the Chicago regio

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