Originally Posted by makeinu

People should be careful about what they call these things. It appears that, in Maryland at least, an ebike is a moped:

http://www.sha.state.md.us/exploremd...bike_laws4.pdftirescars

...subject to all the same laws as a regular bicycle with two exceptions:
1. You need a license to ride it (driver's license or moped license).
2. You can't ride on the sidewalk.