In Plymouth: The July 4th schedule of events begins early at 7:30 in the morning with the 10th Annual 5K run. The parade begins at 9 a.m. and in the evening the Philharmonic is in concert at Memorial State Park followed by fireworks lighting up the sky at dusk. All of these events bring many visitors to America’s home town. And to add to this, e-bike use has increased. All of this can present challenges for the Police Department according to Police Chief Dana Flynn…
WATD’s Bobbi Clark has more.
Chief of Police Dana Flynn has some advice:
“Well, the first thing: visitors coming in to town, be patient. With all the events, they attract large crowds in both traffic, road closures, detours, so just be patient. We’ll get you where you have to go. As far as parents and their kids, every year, we always have issues with fireworks, kids getting hurt, but not just kids but adults as well. They are illegal. We know that it is the 4th of July but we will take appropriate action if we have to.”
Chief Flynn, has concerns about the use of electric bikes, or e-bikes.
“Unfortunately, the past couple of weeks we’ve had a couple of accidents involving young individuals on those e-bikes, I would just ask the parents: before you consider buying one for your child—or if you already have them, sit them down and go over the rules of the road with those bikes. You can find those very easily on the state website: Mass.gov—just google e-bikes.
The Chief says the department just did a PSA on the subject:
“We did a PSA on our Facebook page a week or so ago and we’re getting ready to hopefully by the end of today to put a second one out and we’re planning during the next two weeks hopefully to have a session at our station, a power point for parents to come some afternoon or during the evening to talk to us about the bikes and the different rules and regulations regarding them.”
In Plymouth, Bobbi Clark, WATD News.
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