ROCKLIN, Calif. —

The Rocklin Unified School District has voted to ban e-bikes with throttles and no pedal assist from its 12 elementary and two middle schools, affecting hundreds of students.

Some of the bikes parked outside Granite Oaks Middle School are the Class Two e-bikes the district is banning. The e-bikes in question have throttles, causing them to go much faster, up to 20 mph, than a basic pedal-assist e-bike or traditional bicycle.

The district and Rocklin police say the increase in kids riding e-bikes to school has become dangerous. They have worked together to try to educate families and kids, with officers even conducting e-bike patrols, but nothing's working, so they had to impose the ban.

"It's 11 and 15-year-olds, and we've given them this piece of transportation, th

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