More guidelines for e-bikes needed

I read with sadness the report “62-year-old e-biker killed in accident with lorry at Cecil Street” (Nov 18, online). I have some suggestions for cutting down on such needless deaths.

First, each e-bike must be licensed to one person, whose name would be put in a registry. The owner would be responsible for the use of the e-bike and thus has to make a police report if it goes missing.

With this, each e-bike owner would have to watch a safety video shown at designated times, say, in the various community centres.

Second, besides e-bike users already having to wear helmets, if they travel to areas with a higher proportion of heavy vehicles, there could be signs to warn them.

Lastly, there should perhaps be questions in the Final Theory Test that help new motorists to be alert to e-bikes.