E-Scooters and E-Bikes for Kids: What Moms Need to Know Before Saying Yes
As a parent, are you worried about e-scooters or e-bikes for your teen? Learn the risks, safety rules, injury trends, and why defensive rider education matters.
Introducing
DEFENSIVE RIDING for
Micromobility Road Safety
The Micromobility Safety Series
The complete blueprint for Micromobility Safety – the Rider, the Machine, and the City
Volume I · Safer Riders
The Human Side of Micromobility Safety
Why riders crash, what a century of safety research actually says, and how education becomes the missing safety system
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Volume II · Safer Vehicles
Engineering, MADAS, and the Technology of Protection
The complete MADAS framework: how protection gets engineered into small vehicles, from anti-lock braking to AI.
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Volume III · Safer Cities
Infrastructure, Regulation, and the Road to Zero
Streets, rules, economics, and culture — assembled into the Zero-Fatality Roadmap
Read MoreThe Micromobility Academy
Mobile-first micro-courses that turn 50 years of collision-avoidance training into riding skills for today. Learn on any device, at your own pace.
First Rules
RULES OF THE ROAD - Practical foundation. Every rider’s starting point.
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Urban Survival
READ THE CITY - Safe Riding with Hazards, Intersections and Crash Patterns.
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Own the Ride
MASTER THE MACHINE - Before the moment that matters. BONUS: Parent Checklist.
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Defensive Riding Mastery
ADVANCED CRASH AVOIDANCE - Adapted from the Collisionfree!® Approach.
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Nothing to Prove
THE RIDING MINDSET - Confidence without Recklessness. Skill without showing off.
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MADAS Awareness
SAFETY TECHNOLOGY on Your Vehicle — And what to look for.
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RideRules™ that ride with you.
RideRules™ that ride with you.
Rules change from city to city — helmet laws, speed limits, where you can and can’t ride. RideRules™ puts the answers on your phone before you push off. A free progressive web app: no app store, no download queue, nothing to update. Open it, add it to your home screen, and ride informed.
Know What’s Legal
Quickly understand where e-bikes and e-scooters are permitted, what local restrictions apply, and the rules riders are expected to follow.
Ride With Greater Confidence
Reduce uncertainty by checking local requirements before riding, especially when travelling between municipalities with different micromobility regulations.
Make Safer, More Responsible Choices
Access to important safety expectations that help riders understand how to share roads, bike lanes and public spaces responsibly.
Canada's Largest Driver Training Organization
About Young Drivers
The Micromobility Safety Revolution is a project of Young Drivers of Canada and YD Labs and Research Inc. - Canada’s largest driver-training organization and its research and innovation arm.
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Years of Driver Education - Collisionfree!® proprietary methodology
1400000
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+1.4 Million Graduates Trained
96.8%
96.8%
Graduates Report None or Not-At-Fault Collisions - 2025 graduate survey at yd.com
91%
91%
Graduates Report No Distracted Driving - 2026 graduate survey at yd.com
Research, Rider Skills, Vehicle Tech and Policy
A practical resource for rider education, defensive riding, injury prevention, equipment and vehicle safety, municipal rules, emerging technology, infrastructure and responsible road sharing.
Micromobility Safety Has a Problem We Already Know How to Solve
Why is rider education the missing safety system of micromobility? Discover what parents and regulators can do to make e-bike and e-scooter riding safer.
Legal Here, Illegal There: North America’s Micromobility Rulebook Problem
The same e-bike or e-scooter can be legal in one city and prohibited in the next. North America’s fragmented micromobility rulebook creates confusion, inconsistent enforcement and avoidable safety risks.