{"id":182652,"date":"2025-08-28T15:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/182652\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:53:09","slug":"another-chicago-suburb-cracks-down-on-electronic-scooters-bikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/182652\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Chicago suburb cracks down on electronic scooters, bikes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\"><strong>GRAYSLAKE, Ill.<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/lake-county\/grayslake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grayslake<\/a> will begin enforcing state laws on electric scooters and electric bikes, with a focus on unsafe or reckless use, officials said.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">The village board recently directed the police department to step up enforcement in the interest of public health and safety.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">Officials emphasized that the effort targets dangerous behavior rather than the use of the vehicles themselves.<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">Under Illinois law, e-scooters are prohibited in Grayslake, while e-bikes are allowed but must follow bicycle rules. Gas-powered dirt bikes remain banned. Local ordinances also bar any motorized vehicles \u2014 including e-bikes and e-scooters \u2014 from village bike paths and sidewalks, a rule that has been on the books for years.<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">Officials said the village may consider local ordinances in the future but will remain consistent with state regulations.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">Big picture view:<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">The warning from officials follows similar crackdowns on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/news\/chicago-suburb-e-bike-riders-teens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">groups of e-bike riders in Elk Grove Village<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/news\/street-takeovers-chicago-lombard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lombard.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">Earlier this month, Lombard police warned residents about organized &#8220;street takeovers&#8221; involving groups of 30 to 40 riders on e-bikes, e-scooters, dirt bikes and other motorized devices.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">Residents with questions or concerns about reckless use of e-scooters or e-bikes can contact the Grayslake Police Department at (847) 223-2341 for non-emergencies or call 911 in emergencies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> The information in this report came from the Village of Grayslake and previous FOX 32 reporting.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/lake-county\/grayslake\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grayslake<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/transportation\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transportation<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GRAYSLAKE, Ill. &#8211; Grayslake will begin enforcing state laws on electric scooters and electric bikes, with a focus&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":182653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,102779,5386,1818,4010,50,522,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-182652","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-grayslake","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois","12":"tag-lake-county","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-transportation","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115107201239800833","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}