https://www.helmet.beam.vt.edu/equestrian-helmet-ratings.html
This is a good place to start for helmets. They have the same sort of ratings for different sports so if nothing in the equestrian list looks good, you should check the bicycle list. Note that it's not necessarily current for everything but it's a good starting point.
When a person has nothing left to lose they will take chances that otherwise they wouldn't. If we weren't living in a corporatocracy, perhaps there'd be no demand for this sort of thing, but we do and there is.
Barbara? Barbara Streisand? Is that you?
You have to ask the counter guy. They're next to the muffler bearings and blinker fluid.
No Ice Pirates.
Where I ride (and I would guess like most places) there's not enough forest ranger/park ranger coverage to address this in any effective way. Maybe if they can catch people when they're coming off the trail back to their vehicle.
I ride a class 1 eMTB (not modified.) in my experience, downhill is EXACTLY the same as an unpowered MTB - for the most part, the motor is doing very little work. Climbing is where the difference exists. For myself, I find my climbing speed boosted by perhaps 3-5mph; it's noticeable but it's not excessive imho.
That said, I also don't do stupid shit. I don't climb one-way downhill trails. I don't ride outside of my ability to stop/avoid - ie bombing blind turns. That's all my own choice though, there's no one enforcing it aside from other bikers. I've encountered hikers climbing trails ignoring one-way signs, people are just fucking stupid sometimes.
I had a specialized enduro, and bought a Santa Cruz heckler. eMTBs are awesome.
"Must survive on sales alone." 1700 dollars for this thing... that would be your sales, you greedy fucker.
Well, now we know who will get the blame if he loses the state.
I replaced mine with a better one. Does that count?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Water_Knife
This was a pretty good read, also rather uncomfortable. I live in Arizona and I worry about the future here for my kids.