SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — A Springfield man is fighting five tickets he received for riding an electric-assisted bicycle while his driver’s license was suspended.
Forty-one-year-old Paul McClain told a Springfield Municipal Court judge Tuesday that an electric bike is just like a bike and he doesn’t need a license. Police say it’s not a bike when he turns on the motor.
A state Driver and Motor Vehicles spokesman says it’s a gray area of the law.
The Register Guard reports the judge said he’ll announce his ruling after a separate trial in Lane Justice Court on a similar ticket.
