New digital course teaches youth e-bike, e-scooter safety. Noting a rise in e-bike and e-scooter injuries among young riders, and a corresponding call for restrictions in schools and communities, Aceable is offering a digital course to help driver's ed evolve with the times. August 26, 2026 - As many commuters have no doubt noticed, electric bikes and scooters have surged in popularity in recent years from a niche market to a popular mode of transportation for getting to school, work and other local destinations. The U.S. Department of Energy reported that, between 2018 and 2022, e-bike sales rose from approximately 250,000 per year to more than 1 million. But with the increased use of fast-moving micromobility vehicles in busy areas has also come a significant uptick in related injuries and hospitalizations, documented in research by the National Library of Medicine and elsewhere. And many of the victims are young people. In a study of 12,485 emergency room visits for e-bike and e-scooter injuries between January 2023 and May 2026, the health analytics company Truveta found that 28 percent of those were children under 18. Another 19 percent were young adults aged 18-24. The problem has scaled to a point where the Austin-based licensing and certification platform Aceable is offering a new safety course specifically to prepare kids and young adults for incidents they might experience on the road with micromobility vehicles, even if they've yet to begin formal driver's education. As described in a recent news release, the course's e-bike and e-scooter safety lessons are structured to emulate how young people engage with digital content today, including short-form video content, vertical scrolling and 30-minute-or-less lessons. Via the platform - and similar to typical driver's education - students will learn key safety prerequisites for riding electric bikes or scooters, including basic rules of the road, navigating intersections, potential hazards to be aware of and the importance of wearing a helmet. "As e-bikes and e-scooters become a bigger part of how young people get around, safety education needs to keep pace," Aceable founder and CEO Blake Garrett said in a public statement. The news release highlighted the growing momentum of micromobility regulations nationwide, including a helmet mandate in Utah and the forthcoming addition of a youth e-bike certification requirement to California's citation-diversion programs. Moreover, it appears schools have found themselves on the front-line of advocating for regulations, ranging from safety courses and parking permits to age restrictions and outright bans. In California, Laguna Beach Unified School District partnered with local officials on a safety program requiring students to demonstrate safety knowledge and riding skills before receiving a permit to park e-bikes on campus, while Newport-Mesa Unified School District recently banned e-bikes and other electric vehicles at its K-8 campuses after mounting concerns about accidents and injuries. In Florida, too, Pinellas County Schools now require students to walk or carry the devices on school property, while Orange County Public Schools went further, largely prohibiting students from bringing e-bikes and e-scooters to campus after a student riding an e-scooter died in May. "As a mom of two, this is one of those issues that genuinely keeps me up at night," Taylor McKinney, vice president of marketing at Aceable, said in a public statement. "I see kids riding e-bikes and e-scooters in my neighborhood every day, often at speeds that require the same awareness and decision-making skills as driving a car. The difference is that many of these young riders have never learned the rules of the road. As parents and educators, we felt a responsibility to do something about that."

Aceable, an Austin-based digital education platform, has launched a free mobile course teaching e-bike and e-scooter safety to young riders. The company, which has taught 20 million Americans to drive over the past decade, developed the programme after employees noticed children riding e-bikes without basic road safety knowledge. The course covers helmet safety, traffic rules, intersection navigation, and hazard avoidance through short video lessons. It can be completed in under 30 minutes and targets 12- to 15-year-olds, though it's available to anyone. A 2026 study found riders aged 10 to 19 account for roughly 40% of e-bike emergency room visits. The course responds to growing regulatory focus on youth e-bike safety, including Utah's upcoming certification requirement and California's safety programmes.