On Wednesday, Sept. 15 I was hit from behind while walking on the Valley Trail near the River of Golden Dreams by an e-bike ridden by a 77-year-old woman.
Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) workers who were nearby called an ambulance for me and I was taken to the clinic to be assessed.
Fortunately when the accident happened I was on the gravel on the side of the path and so I rolled on a relatively soft surface and did not sustain serious injuries.
On the way to the clinic the ambulance attendant told me that the RMOW is "gathering data" to help it make a decision about whether or not to ban e-bikes from that path.
I would urge the RMOW to ban e-bikes immediately from this path before someone is seriously injured or killed.
I should also point out that if this woman had not hit me, she would have gone straight into the swamp at the side of the path.
Chris Brossard // Whistler
