"It is really convenient for the passengers. They go faster from the places, from spot to spot. They really enjoy the ride right now because they don't see you struggling," says Michal Wawrzynski, owner of Pedicab Limo.But now he added an electric component to many of his pedicabs after a new state law that allows it went into effect a few months ago. Wawrzynski says the new rule comes just in time because during the pandemic he had zero drivers.
"They are being driven beyond the legal limit. They are being driven in a dangerous manner for thrills," says Freeman of Safe Walkways.