Watt Cycles
General => Ride, Trail, and Club Announcements => Laws About Ebikes => Topic started by: Tom Cole on September 22, 2016, 12:12:43 pm
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New Jersey wiki link (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bicycle_laws#New_Jersey)
Definition: (http://lis.njleg.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=117051028&Depth=2&depth=2&expandheadings=on&headingswithhits=on&hitsperheading=on&infobase=statutes.nfo&record={ECE4}&softpage=Doc_Frame_PG42)
New Jersey Title 39:1-1
"Motorized bicycle" means a pedal bicycle having a helper motor characterized in that either the maximum piston displacement is less than 50 cc. or said motor is rated at no more than 1.5 brake horsepower or is powered by an electric drive motor and said bicycle is capable of a maximum speed of no more than 25 miles per hour on a flat surface.
You have to be 18 and you must have either a basic driver's license or a motorcycle license (http://lis.njleg.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=117051146&Depth=2&depth=2&expandheadings=on&headingswithhits=on&hitsperheading=on&infobase=statutes.nfo&record={EDC7}&softpage=Doc_Frame_PG42)
New Jersey Title 39:3-10 The holder of a basic driver's license or a separately issued motorcycle license shall be authorized to operate a motorcycle having a motor with a maximum piston displacement that is less than 50 cubic centimeters or a motor that is rated at no more than 1.5 brake horsepower with a maximum speed no more than 35 miles per hour on a flat surface.
TREC says you only have to be 15 years old, but I cannot find it in the statues.
I am unable to find anything on registration requirements specific to "motorized bicycle." It is a safe bet that they will be treated like a moped.