Get your child permitted to ride to school.
Register the bike, take a short safety course together, and get the digital permit and decal. Most families finish in about an hour, on a phone, in one sitting or several.
Safety education first
The permit is the paperwork. The training is the point.
An e-bike is the fastest thing most children have ever been in charge of. The course exists so they learn the choices behind a safe ride before the ride, not after a close call.
What every parent should know
- 1Many bikes can be switched to a faster class in an appA Class 2 bike unlocked to 28 mph becomes a Class 3, which in most states means a minimum age of 16, and most districts do not allow it on campus.
- 2Teenagers are the unhelmeted ridersYounger children mostly wear helmets. The 15 to 17 age group mostly does not, and it is where the head injuries concentrate.
- 3Stopping distance is the number nobody teachesTwenty miles an hour on a heavy bike needs far more room to stop than a child expects. Stop the Crash exists for this reason.
- 4The battery is an electrical system, not an accessoryApproved chargers, no charging in bedrooms, and what smoke or a strange smell means. Power Safe covers it, and it is worth watching with them.
- 5Passengers change everythingA second rider changes the balance, the braking, and the legality. It is one of the most common crash setups on the road.
Watch
See how it works before you start.
Short videos for families. What the course covers, what the permit does, and what to expect from registration.
How it works
Three steps, one evening.
You can stop and come back at any point. Progress saves automatically, and nothing is lost between sessions.
Register the device
Tell us the make and model. We check it against your state's law and your district's rules as you type, and tell you straight away whether it qualifies.
About 10 minutesTake the safety course together
Four short visual lessons, Ride Ready, Stop the Crash, Know Your Bike, and Power Safe, each with a knowledge check and a graded assessment. You and your child sign the campus conduct agreement at the end.
About 20 minutes plus assessmentsGet the digital permit and decal
The digital permit is issued immediately. The decal arrives by mail within a few days and goes on the frame, so the bike can be identified if it is ever lost or stolen.
Decal mailed to your homeWhat you get
More than a sticker.
A permit that carries the training, the device, and your agreement in one record, plus a few things a sticker never did.
A permit that means something
Not a number on a sticker. The permit records the device, the training completed, and the agreement you signed, and the school can verify it.
Real safety training
Built from League of American Bicyclists, NHTSA, and PeopleForBikes material. Other providers charge fifty to over a hundred dollars for less.
A straight answer on your bike
Class 1, 2, or 3, and whether your child is old enough to ride it legally in your state, before you find out at the school gate.
Reachable, on your terms
If you choose, anyone who scans the decal after an accident or incident can tap Request parent contact. Our system connects the call to you. The caller never sees your number.
A way to get the bike back
Registered devices are in a recovery registry. A scannable decal makes a stolen bike identifiable rather than anonymous.
Control of your information
You see what is stored and who can see it. No student photo is collected, and nothing about your child is shared outside the school.
The safety course
Learn it. See it. Prove it. Together.
Four short lessons your child can do in any order, each followed by a no-pressure knowledge check. Then four graded assessments, fifty questions across the course, 40 to pass. Sit with them for it. Twenty minutes, and you will both know things you did not.
What completion produces
A certificate with a name on it.
Student name, date, per-module scores, cumulative score, and a certificate ID. Everything a free public course certificate leaves off, and everything a school needs to know it belongs to the student holding it.
- Recorded on the student's permit automatically
- Score by module, so staff can see where a rider was strong or weak
- Verifiable by certificate ID, not by trusting a PDF
Your child's privacy
What a scan shows, and what it never does.
The decal has a QR code anyone can scan with a phone. Here is exactly what they see.
A scan shows
- Whether the permit is valid
- The school and district
- The bike class
- The expiration date
A scan never shows
- Your child's name
- A photo
- Your address or phone number
- Anything about school records
Questions parents ask
Before you start.
How much does this cost me?
In most districts, nothing. The district's subscription covers registration, the safety course, the permit, and the decal. A few districts ask families to pay a small permit fee instead. You will see which applies when you pick your school, before you enter anything.
My child already took a safety course somewhere else. Does it count?
If your district accepts that provider, yes. Upload the certificate and we verify it. Some free public courses issue a certificate with no name on it, so some districts ask for our course instead, which records who completed it and when.
What if the bike does not qualify?
We tell you before you spend time on the rest of the process, and we explain why. It is usually the class or the top speed against your district's policy or your state's age rule.
Who can see my child's information?
Your school and district staff, for the purpose of managing the permit. A scan of the decal shows only that a permit is valid, plus the school, district, class, and expiration. It never shows your child's name, a photo, or your contact details.
Do I have to allow contact requests?
No. It is your choice at registration and you can change it any time. If you decline, a scan shows permit status only and nobody can reach you through it. If you allow it, our system connects the call to you. The caller never sees your number.
What information do you collect?
Your child's name, date of birth, school, and grade. The bike's make, model, class, and serial number, with a photo of the bike. Your name, email, and phone. No student photo, no home address, no school records of any kind.
Can I register more than one child, or more than one device?
Yes. One account covers every child and every device in the family, and renewals carry forward each year.
What if we lose the decal or it gets damaged?
The digital permit is the record, so the permit stays valid. Request a replacement decal from your account.
Your district is not on RidePermit yet?
Tell us which school. Districts pay attention to how many families are asking.
Leave your name and email and we will let you know the moment your district goes live. Nothing else is stored, and we will not contact you about anything else.