ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — This week the St. Petersburg Police Department conducted a special operation targeting e-bike misuse.

The crackdown comes after three fatal accidents this month, where the e-bike riders were allegedly at fault.

What You Need To Know • St. Petersburg Police issued 161 tickets to electronic mobility device users over three days this week • The targeted enforcement operation was in response to three fatal e-bike accidents this month • Officers were looking for people riding down the wrong side of the road, running stop signs or red lights, and lane splitting

“We're out here trying to do the enforcement to try to curb that problem,” said Sgt. Michael Schade. “The biggest problem we're seeing is just that the bicycles and the scooter operators are not following t

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