Author: staff@jalopnik.com (Rohaan Sakrani)

Maksim Safaniuk/Shutterstock A standard theme of the widely used three-class e-bike system within the U.S. is that it exempts low-speed electric bikes from the headaches of licensing and registration. That is since it typically categorizes Class 1 and Class 2 e-bikes as traditional bicycles, separating them from motorcars. States only begin taking stricter measures when these bikes start becoming able to achieving motorcycle levels of speed. Alaska, Massachusetts, Latest Jersey, Latest Mexico, and Hawaii stand out because the places where riders cannot assume they’re within the clear. These states regulate e-bikes the identical way they regulate motorcycles. Top speed is one benchmark…