05/20/2026
I just gave a lecture on this topic at the Key West courthouse. I am usually a less government regulation “guy”, but it is needed in this micro mobility world we live in.
😔 A 13-year-old Lake Nona boy who set out on Mother's Day to buy flowers for his mom has died, and his death is now at the center of an urgent push to regulate electric scooters and e-bikes across Orange County and beyond.
Colton Remsburg was riding his electric scooter on Moss Park Road near Savannah Pines Drive on May 10 when his scooter entered the path of a pickup truck in an area without a marked crosswalk. He was not wearing a helmet. Colton was rushed to Arnold Palmer Hospital, where he was pronounced dead three days later on May 13. A traffic homicide investigator has been assigned to the case.
Friends of the family launched a GoFundMe that has already raised more than $51,000, describing Colton as a bright, energetic kid with a love for sports and fishing who was also a proud big brother. The Lake Nona Youth Sports organization held moments of silence in his honor at their final regular season flag football games.
Colton's death is now fueling an accelerated push by Orange County commissioners to create new regulations for so-called micro-mobility devices, including e-bikes and e-scooters, which are currently subject to very few rules in most Florida municipalities 🛴. Emergency room doctors across Central Florida and the Tampa Bay area have reported a sharp rise in injuries linked to the devices. Some riders, including minors, have figured out how to bypass manufacturer speed limits of 28 mph, enabling speeds of 40 mph or faster, making standard bicycle helmets dangerously inadequate. The county is expected to consider measures like helmet requirements, age restrictions, and licensing regulations, following the lead of Winter Garden, which adopted new e-bike and e-scooter rules in January.
